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Your name SP. 3 FRED GORDON
In times of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity or
self-reliance; others do incredibly stupid things. Do you remember any
examples of either? We could not keep one man from running under a tree when
the motor rounds started to come in. The had lots of apple trees all thru france
thi on man Pvt Krisel kept running under the trees one round hit in the tpo of the
tree and there was no hope for him
in
I Will Be my prsent
outfit untill 1961 at which time I will Finish my 22 years
service.
Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944?
Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944?We were out in the middle of the
English Channel Just waiting to move out I Rember one thing it was an English
ship and they the english sailors were selling the G.I. coffee and tea for 50. cents a cup
we moved inland to a little town called s ST Marie Gelice
Do you know of anybody else who landed within those 24 hours (midnight
June 5 to midnight June 6) as infantry, glider or airborne troops, or
who took part in the air and sea operations, whom we should write to?
No When I left the out fit we had very near a complet change over

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fTHANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
Cornelius Ryan
Frances Ward
Research, The Reader's Digest