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- for Cornelius Ryan 3 -
Your name Loring L. Wadsworth

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 from D-day?
After look back I think some of the patrols we went
on were that day were very lucky.

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944?
On mother ship "Ben My Chree," or "Ben Machree"

Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944?
on a Hedgrow dug under an in

Do you know of anybody else who landed within the 24 hours of D-day, June 6,
as infantry, glider or airborne troops, or who took part in the air and sea
operations, whom we should write to?
I have a list of every man in our Co E 2nd Ranger and some
address. Also the "Historical Division U.S. War Department
has a book called "Small Unit Actions in which the
2nd Ranger story is quit good. Printed April 4 1946
Also Collier's June 11, 1954 "I took my son to Omaha Beach."
I have a Co. E 2nd Ranger History printed in Pizen Czechoslovakia

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