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1. What is your full name?
William J. Meddaugh
[*37 Garden St - Hyde Park, N. Y.

2. What was your unit and division ?
Co. ”E" - 505th Parachute Infantry Reg’t .
82nd Airborne Division

3. Where [crossed out]was your unit and division[end crossed out] did you arrive in Normandy & at what time?
We dropped approximately 0100 hours of 6 June, 1944.
My platoon did not hit the planned DZ and we landed
about 3 miles east of Ste. Mere Eglise.

4. What was your rank on June 6, 1944?
First Lieutenant, Inf.

5. What was your age on June 6, 1944?
24 years old.

6. Were you married at that time?
Yes.

7. What is your wife's name?
Mavis Tillis (maiden name ) of Columbus, Ga.

8. Did you have any children at that time?
No.

What do you do now ?
I am a Project Manager, associated with International Business
Machines Corporation, at Poughkeepsie, New York