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Scott AFB, Illinois
*a very articulate
Ranger,
great
clarity &
impression

ILL 14

For Cornelius Ryan
Book about D- Day

THOUSANDS OF MEN, ON LAND AND SEA AND IN THE AIR, PARTICIPATED IN THE
INVASION OF NORMANDY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT JUNE 5, 1944 AND MIDNIGHT JUNE
6, 1944, IF YOU WERE ONE OF THEM, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

What is your full name?
Dan D. Schopp
What was your unit and division?
5th Ranger Inf Bn - No Division
Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time ?
OMAHA DOG GREEN - about 0800
What was your rank on June 6, 1944?
775
What was your age on June 6, 1944?
19
Were you married at that time? yes
What is your wife!s name? Gloria
Did you have any children at that time?
One son
What do you do now?
M/Sgt USAF, [illegible] Scott AFB Firing Range.
When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
April or March 44. for sure. Knew in a
general way Dec 43.
What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel? Do you remember,
for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time?
Had a flyover of friendly fighters for identification
class. Also a flyover of a captured ME 109 & FW 190.
An amphib jeep for use of a British staff officer was
accidentally sunk while trying to load. Shot the ball
w/British sailors and members of a Joint Army Navy
"FOO" (Fwd Obs) Party who had done this stuff before.
What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in which you made
the crossing? (Some people remember scuttlebut to the effect that the
Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire when
the troops came in).
Don't remember on the boat but after we
landed the main topic of conservation was snipers.