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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name JAMSE C. SPIERS

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, a very large percent.

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
I talked to a good many during the day,
especially while we getting to gather after landing.
I also talked to some of the wounded. The
company commander was one of them.

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?
I was hit by shrapnel and had some
concussions.

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
The were a good many veterans of Africa,
Sicily, and Italy in the outfit so we know
one another very well. There was many
funny thing happened.

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
One of the worse times the landing
it self. There were so many casualties we
felt we were badly out numbered.
I was [?imprisoned?] with the French under
ground how soon they joined us after we
landed.