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’ - for Cornelius Ryan 2-
Your name A.A. Maloney
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
no
Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
yes
Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
we just wished each other the best of luck and made plans for a
big party when our divisions was returned England
Were you wounded?
yes
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?
There was no pain
Do you remember seeing- or bearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
we were attaching across a small bridge under cover of white phosphorus
grenades. one of the Germans defending the bridge threw a grenade and it
landed at my feet. I stared at it - decided I didn't have time to throw it back- and as
I turned it exploded and knocked me into the air. Evidently in mid air I started
running for the hole I had just left. when I got back in the hole, I found a group of
men I had been leading across the bridge - all back in their fox holes and
laughing like mad at the sight of their "old man" running in mid-air.

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
Our regiment had an outstanding Medical Detachment under Major George Vollmar and D-Day morning one of members of the Regiment was hit during a fire fight.
The wounded soldier was out in the open and the area was under small arms fire.
Without hesitation the aid man ran out in the area to administer to the
wounded. He reached the soldier and while giving first aid was killed by small
arms fire. Our Medics performed extraordinary acts of heroism daily