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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name Hatch J.J.
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No,however General S.L.A. Marshalls Battalion and Small unit Study
#9 titled "Cassidy's Battalion” possessed a word for word description.
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? Yes, rather discuss them with you later
?
Were you wounded? No
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? N/A
Do you remember seeing- or bearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
Yes, after the landing three of us came upon a road and noticed telephone
wires intact. After much work we finally broke all the wires. We then
proceeded down the road to find it had been bombed and the telephone wires
were destroyed for a hundred yards.
Dc you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else? Yes, rather discuss them with you later.
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