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- for Cornelius Ryan 3 -
Your name Ernest R Blanchard

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 were being strafed on a road out of St -Mere Eglise So three
of us ran for the same fox-hole-
As it happened I got to the hole last.
And I was top man so you -- can
see that the fox-hole did me no good.
You can call it what you want. but I
still call it self-presavation

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944? In the air going to Normandy
Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944? St-Mere-Eglise Normandy

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?
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Carl W Hern 36 Covert St
Columbus Indiana
John Grogan 206 Lake Shore Terrace
Los Angeles California
Elmer P Wood
162 Antrim St N.S.
Pittsburgh Penna.
There were so many things that happened on
D.Day in Normandy that it would take a long

PLEASE LET US HAVE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE 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.

time to get them in writing so I hope this
will be of some help to you

Cornelius Ryan

Frances Ward