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- for Cornelius Ryan 3 -
Your name Miles L Allen

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?
We had a trooper with us from Louisana, and as soon as a few of us got together he
started climbing telephone poles and cutting the wires, in hopes of cutting off some
communications. Then there was the French civilian farmer that met us and led us
past most of the German defenses and to the place where we were to defend.

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944?
I was landing on a small island in a river.

Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944?
I was in a foxhole along the dike of a river defending a bridege

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?
NO

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