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For Cornelius Ryan -------- O-1
Book about D-Day

THOUSANDS OF MEN, ON LAND AND SEA AND IN THE AIR, PARTICIPATED IN THE
INVASION OF NORMANDY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT JUNE 5, 1944 AND MIDNIGHT JUNE 6, 1944. IF YOU WERE ONE OF THEM, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

What is your full name ? Eugene Nelson Slappey
What was your unit and division? Co----115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division
Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time ?
Easy Red Beach- Omaha Beachhead
What was your rank on June 6, 1944? Colonel
What was your age on June 6, 1944? 49
Were you married at that time? Yes
What is your wife's name ? Katherine B. Slappey
Did you have any children at that time? Yes- 3
What do you do now? Retired- Live in country 3 miles west of Leesburg, Virginia

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
Do not remember- exactly.
What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel ? Do you remember,
for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time ?
We were on crowded LCIs - had been for nearly a
week. Our problem was to try to keep physically + mentally
fit. For the final crossing, my recollection is that all
hands were pretty quiet, each man probably absorbed in
his won thoughts.

What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in v/hich you made
the crossing? (Some people remember s-cuttlebut to the effect that the
Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire when
the troops came in ).
I think our outfit had heard it all
before we boarded ship