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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name Theodore S Hamner

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day ?
No
Were any of your friends killed or wound during the day ?
It was several days before I got with about 25 men from my company except for the 4 men with me. None of us were wounded

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties ?

Were you wounded ?
I hit the ground so hard on jump that I was barely able to walk because I had so much equipment but I managed to walk with difficulty

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 ?

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time ?
At daylight the 5 of us got into a ditch in corner of field after a while I saw about 10 men coming our way one of them was riding a mule. I left other men in position and went to meet them they were paratroopers from 505. they said they were going to St. Mere Eglise so we joined them and went into town

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
The first German that I saw had been wounded. He had a Luger with him one of the fellows took gun and we took him to Aid Station in St Mere Eglise. This is in contrast to the First Trooper that I saw dead he had his hands tied behind his back with wire and he had been shot at close range. I saw several troopers hanging in trees still in their chutes and they had been shot there