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- for Cornelius Ryan 3 -
Your name Sam Appleby ,Ozark, Mo.

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?
I have never considered the Normany jump and the 24 hours thereafter as a
personal crisis in my life, true I have fear, panic and confusion in my
heart and probably acted it, and pain for the suffering. The fighting, and
jumping after previous experiences, [crossed out] and [end crossed out] and firsts behind me, seemed to
more common place in my memories than for example, when I made my confession
to God, when I won third place at a county meet of the rural schools in a
sack race, when I was 11, When I first rode a horse, cow, bicycle, motorcyrcle,
wrecked a car, soloed an airplane, our wedding day, or when the children were
born.

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944? Either on the runway, or flying
somewhere over London, waiting for the other planes to get into formation.

Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944?
What seemed like two blocks [crossed out] North [end crossed out] [inserted] South [end inserted] and two blocks East of the Main Drag
in Sainte Mere Eglise, it appeared like a park or a vacant area, I didn't
sleep any at night for three nights, I remember that, it seemed like we
turned [crossed out] fe [end crossed out] left off the drag fm the Mayor's house, went 2 blocks, then right 1 1/2 blocks.

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?
The E Company List furnished by Don Lassen would be all I could Recall.

PLEASE LET US HAVE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT THE CAN
INCLUDE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE BOOK. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR
STORY ON SEPARATE SHEETS IF WE HAVE NOT LEFT SUFFICIENT ROOM. FULL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WILL BE GIVEN IN A CHAPTER CALLED "WHERE THEY ARE NOW;
YOUR NAME AND VOCATION OR OCCUPATION WILL BE LISTED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

Cornelius Ryan
5/1/58
Frances Ward
Research, The Reader's Digest