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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name Sam Appleby

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
no

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
yes

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
no

Were you wounded? not in Normandy

Do you remember what it was like--that is, do you remember whether you
felt any pain or were you so surprised that you felt nothing?
I was surprised when we went into Saint Mere Eglise that morning, to see girls
in silk stockings, handing out coffee (of a sort) from the doors to us. The
flowers in this little beautiful town were wonderful, I still have pictures of
them, the Mayor's [crossed out] year [end crossed out] garden was a picture place.
Where?
[illegible]

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time ?
Yes beside me as Herbert Gaither, Pfc, E. Company that jumped into a hole when
a Me109 came at us, and a cow got excited and fell in the hole on top of him,
he received several [crossed out] right [end crossed out] write-ups as the first Normandy Cow-usaldy.

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
I remember several incident, but all to hazy to recall well enough
to reduce to writing, and I am not sure whether they were in the first 24 hr,
or even in the same area.