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3.

In times of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity
or self-reliance; others do incredibly strange or stupid things. Do
you remember any examples of either?
None I can recall.
[My BSM showed admirable presence of mind in substituting rations
for blanco at the last minute! Just before we landed, he asked
permission to take with us the surplus rations we had been supplied
with on board (sufficient for 6 days emergency and we had only
eaten 2 days rations). I had orders to leave the remainder on board
but I told the BSM to bring them if he could find room on his
vehicles. He told me later that he unloaded all his supply of Blanco
to make room for the extra rations].

Do you know of anybody else who landed within the 24 hours (midnight
5 June to midnight 6 June) either as infantry, glider or airborne troops,
whom we should write to?
MAJOR PERRY (F.O.O. with leading infantry)
"CURLEW COTTAGE', 7A ELMS AVE. PARKSTONE, DORSET.

MAJOR KILN (Acting R.A. Liaison Officer with R.N. during invasion)
SILVER BIRCHES, GREAT MOLEWOOD, HERTFORD.

MR F.T. HILL (who was Lt. Col. R.E. Beaches on D-day and has a wonderful
story about a dog)
Address WATERGUARD SUPERINTENDENT, CUSTOM HOUSE, CARDIFF.

What do you do now? CIVIL SERVANT
ACCOUNTANT
H.M. CUSTOMS, AND EXCISE.
KING'S BEAM HOUSE,
MARK LANE
LONDON E.C.3.

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."

Cornelius Ryan
Joan O. Isaacs
The Reader's Digest