Page 4

•3
In times of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity
or self-reliance 5 others do incredibly strange or stupid things. Do
you remember any examples of either ?
I remember seeing young men lying screaming on the ground from fright + brave men lying on the bottoms of three tanks + they couldnt even fire a gun from fear a man who shot himself in the leg an officer who was a bit of a (B) over here jumped his tank + laid there days in a ditch when a big battle was going on we were up against tigers + panthers + there was a bit of a panic going on an officer walked through shot + shell with a walking stick + gave us all courage + stopped the rot

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?
Mr Thomas Woods
22 Green Lane Whitby (he was airborne + captured)

What do you do now?
I am with firestones of the great west rd. tyre manufacturers development dept.

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 n Where They Are Now ”
Cornelius Ryan
Joan 0. Isaacs
The Reader's Digest