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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name D.D. Schopp
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No - it was verboten.
Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
Yes. T/sgt Zack the [Motr?] Segt when the doors of his
LCM opened.
Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
No
Were you wounded?
No just scared
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?

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
I hit the dirt (sand) halfway across the beach to catch
my breath and duck a burst of MG fire. Behind my shelter
(a steel tetrahedron obstacle) was a GI I first thought dead.
He pushed a scared face next to mine and blurted "I'm supposed
to be blowin' these obstacles, but those sons-a-bitches wont let me"
Another burst of fire and I jumped up & headed inland for
the comparative safety of the sea-wall.
Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck you more than anything else?
[crossed out] Above and: [end crossed out] Lt Swazey and Comm O & S/Sgt Brewer
our section sgt were desparately sea sick on the way in.
They both were hanging over the side of our LCA. I was
holding Swazey's feet. Obviously they felt miserable. When
we got a little closer, a Kraut MG opened up. Immediately