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For Cornelius Ryan
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 ? Anthony Joseph DeMayo (Tony)
Address- 216 Wilson St Massapequa Park
What was your unit and division? E. Co 2nd Bn, 505 Parachute Inf. 82nd A.B.
Where did yo arrive in Normandy, and at what time ?
Just outside of Ste. Mere Eglise between 12:00 + 12:30 AM June 6th
What was your rank on June 6, 1944? P.F.C.
What was your age on June 6, 1944? 24
Were you married at that time ? No
What is your wife's name? Ethel
Did you have any children at that time ? No
What do you do now? A foreman on electrical construction
When did you know that you yrere going to he part of the invasion?
sometime in April 1944

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?
It wasa vry quiet and peaceful trip Smoking cigarettes and an occassional joke At one point I remember looking out of the plane and seeing the channel spotted with all sorts of sea-craft It looked as if one could walk across the channel

What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in which you made
the crossing? (Some people remember scuttlebut to the effect that the
G-ermans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire
when the troops came in ),
The only rumours I recall were that the Krauts were prepared and that we would never see or walk on French soil This didn't bother us too much because we heard the same thing on jumps in Sicily and Italy