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for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name Irwin W. Seelye

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day ? No. only mental notes
Were any of your friends killed or wounded either, during the landing or
during the day ? One friend who had been in my plane broke his leg upon landing.
Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties ? He insisted that we leave him hidden in a hedge row and move on without him. We made him as comfortable as possible. I understand that the medics reached him the following day and within a short time he was evacuated to safety. His name is Maryland J Golden and he is currently living in Tallassee, Alabama.
Were you wounded ? On June 11, 1944 I was hit by a German mortar shell
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 ? no pain, just temporary blindness and broken legs
Do you remember seeing or bearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not , of course , seem amusing at the time ?
D-day afternoon found us in Ste Mere Eglise, a village on the Normandy peninsula. Several of us made contact with a French lad who was willing to help the war effort by filling our canteens with the product of his fathers wine cellar. The amusing part of this incident took place later in the day when we were forced to empty the contents because our officers claimed that the apple jack was poisoned. [Had they reason to think so? pencilled in.]
For a truly amusing story of how John Boufford hung in a tree for a time after jumping in Normandy contact John- He lives in Sanford, Maine

Do you recall any incident , sad or heroic , or simply memorable , which struck
you more than anything else ?
A very distressing sight on D-day night was watching several American gliders loaded with men and materiel crash land in Normandy. Many of the occupants were dead within a matter of minutes after leaving England