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Jun 15, 2021 Alice Jennett Jun 15, 2021 Alice Jennett Dec 01, 2020 wilsone5 Dec 01, 2020 wilsone5	ryan_box024-tld_f57_02 Can. Army Excerpt RCA EXCERPT from attached material For Cornelius Ryan Book about D-day THOUSANDS OF MEN, ON LAND AND SEA AND IN THE AIR, PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT JUNE 5, 1944 AND MIDNIGHT JUNE 6, 1944. IF YOU WERE ONE THEM, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. What is your full name? Charles Wesley McLean What was your unit and division? 17th Hussars 3rd Cdn Div Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time? Bernier. Sur-Mer. June 6- D.Day. H. hour + 40 mins What was your rank on June 6, 1944? Major What was your age on June 6, 1944? 27 yrs- Were you married at that time? no What is your wife's name? N/A Did you have any children at that time? N/A What do you do now? General Sales Manager- Domie Ltd- (Dom Textile Co) Montreal When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? January 1944 What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel? Do you remember, for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time? See week end copy What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in which you made the crossing? (Some people remember scuttlebut to the effect that the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire when the troops came in).	ryan_box024-tld_f57_02 Can. Army Excerpt RCA EXCERPT from attached material For Cornelius Ryan Book about D-day THOUSANDS OF MEN, ON LAND AND SEA AND IN THE AIR, PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT JUNE 5, 1944 AND MIDNIGHT JUNE 6, 944. IF YOU WERE ONE THEM, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. What is your full name? Charles Wesley McLean What was your unit and division? 17th Hussars 3rd Cdn Div Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time? Bernier. Sur-Mer. June 6- D.Day. H. hour + 40 mins What was your rank on June 6, 1944? Major What was your age on June 6, 1944? 27 yrs- Were you married at that time? no What is your wife's name? N/A Did you have any children at that time? N/A What do you do now? General Sales Manager- Domie Ltd- (Dom Textile Co) Montreal When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? January 1944 What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel? Do you remember, for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time? See week end copy What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in which you made the crossing? (Some people remember scuttlebut to the effect that the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire when the troops came in).

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