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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name Melvin Thompson

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day? There was one fellow another to, I met on
the beach who had been wounded from an enemy shell, outside
of that the rest of the guys on our boat that i knew came threw O.K.

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?

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?
No I didn't seem to feel any pain, we kept busy
doing our job and tried not think of the things
[crossed out] [illegible] [end crossed out] happening around us.

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
No

Dc you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
One thing I remember, was a Chaplin from the British
Army who was helping and confoting the wounded guys
as much as he could and not paying any attention
or even ducking from the shells hitting close by.
The next day I see him riding a bicycle, capting food
clothes found on the beach, to the wounded in a small
village close by.