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- for Cornelius Ryan 3 -
Your name Theodore S Hamner

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 ?
This was my first combant so I was very green but I sure got my full share of Artillery during first day in St Mere Eglise, the Krauts tried to take town back but they had no luck. Late in evening of D Day we heard our tanks and then we felt sure that things had gone well on the beach

Where were you at midnight June 5, 1944?
at a Airfield in England

Where were you at midnight on June 6 , 1944?
In a position in a large ditch on the edge of St Mere Eglise

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 ?
C.O. Snipes
Route 2
Duncanville, Ala

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.
Cornelius Ryan
Frances Ward
Research, The Reader's Digest