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Collection: World War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection

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k1ypp
k1yppFirst a little background: My father, Ernest (Ernie) R. Blanchard was on the same plane as John Steel, Chalk #9, (aircraft: 42-23505). He was a radio operator as part of the 505 HQ. The radio ops were assigned to various planes as needed, usually ...Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 007, folder 41: Ernest Riley BlanchardWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrFinal few lines are too blurry to decipher.Page 3Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 017, folder 07: Jerome J. McCabeWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5Hi heatheralr! I added a transcriber comment in brackets to indicate the calendar. That's a tricky one, thanks for asking.Page 22Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 016, folder 15: Richard Eugene ScrimshawWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrHow would you like the calendar portion of this to be transcribed?Page 22Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 016, folder 15: Richard Eugene ScrimshawWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5You can mark as blank. Thanks!Page 8Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 015, folder 53: Richard Leroy MungerWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrFor photographs, do we check the "mark as blank" box or leave empty and save?Page 8Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 015, folder 53: Richard Leroy MungerWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5zoomed out to add missing text from last linePage 4Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 20: Harold Henkel SmithWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5zoomed out to add missing text from last line.Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 02: William M. MarsdenWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5Standards will vary by project & institution. When it's clear that the variation in capitalization is stylistic (style of handwriting vs. mechanics) and not used for emphasis, I would not incorporate it in the transcript. It distracts from readabi...Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 32: John C. WelbornWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
joaust21
joaust21The last lines of text can be see when zoomed out. Hope this helps.Page 3Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 03: Albert Philip MazzaWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
sfemet
sfemetThis is a commendation for Col. George Taylor. The page seems to have been misfiled in Van Fleet's folder.Page 3Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 28: James A. Van FleetWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
sfemet
sfemetlast line of page cut off.Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 02: William M. MarsdenWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
sfemet
sfemetTop of this form is very faint, transcribed as much as I could seePage 5Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 32: John C. WelbornWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
sfemet
sfemetThe responses in this questionnaire are hand written, using mixed case text. Ex: What was your rank on June 6, 1944? Lt. CoLoNel. I transcribed them as written, per the instructions. Can anyone tell me if this is the correct way to do this?Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 32: John C. WelbornWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
sfemet
sfemetLast line of text is cut off.Page 3Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 03: Albert Philip MazzaWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
sfemet
sfemetThe last line is missing from imagePage 4Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 20: Harold Henkel SmithWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
sfemet
sfemetThis postcard may have been filed in the incorrect folder. It is from a seaman in England, R. Dowie and was addressed to News of the World (page 11 in set)Page 12Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 014, folder 23: Herbert Afton TaylorWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrmissing bottom line(s)Page 20Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrmissing bottom line(s)Page 19Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrmissing bottom line(s)Page 17Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrbottom line(s) hiddenPage 16Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrmissing bottom line(s)Page 14Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrMissing bottom line(s).Page 13Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrmissing linesPage 10Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrmissing line(s) at bottom of pagePage 9Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrmissing lines at bottomPage 6Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrmissing last line or twoPage 5Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 09: Harold LakeleyWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5Thanks for the note! Sometimes the transcription viewer doesn't render the full page image. I added the remaining text to the transcript.Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 26: John ElinskiWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
tattylace
tattylacetyping overstrike on letter e in 'went' the original must have been a. but overstrike changed it to e.Page 3Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 04: Stanley H. AlpaughWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrfinal line (or more) is missing at bottom of pagePage 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 013, folder 26: John ElinskiWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
heatheralr
heatheralrWhen zoomed in, the very first line on the tab is hidden.Page 1Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 010, folder 09: Maxwell D. TaylorWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
booksabovethebend
booksabovethebendThe beach should read "Arromanches"Page 5Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 023, folder 05: Douglas Alexander StevensonWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
booksabovethebend
booksabovethebendFurther assistance on place names and ranks appreciated.Page 8Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 023, folder 30: Ronald WestonWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
booksabovethebend
booksabovethebendThank youPage 4Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 023, folder 30: Ronald WestonWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5The author was using several abbreviations: Bn.=battalion, Bde.=Brigade, L/Cpl=Lance Corporal, East Yorks=East Yorkshire Regiment, Worct. Regt=Worcestershire RegimentPage 4Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 023, folder 30: Ronald WestonWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
booksabovethebend
booksabovethebendAssistance appreciated with some of the military unit and rank references.Page 4Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 023, folder 30: Ronald WestonWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
LIFrancophone
LIFrancophone"helped back by" revised in image to "held back by" ("ped" crossed-out, and a "d" added) -- in (transcribed) line 46.Page 43Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 009, folder 01: Benjamin H. VandervoortWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
LIFrancophone
LIFrancophoneA webpage with information on Waverly W. ("Charlie" seems to have been a nickname that he used for himself during his service in World War II) Wray -- including information about his actions on "D-Day" in Normandy June 6, 1944 -- may be found onli...Page 43Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 009, folder 01: Benjamin H. VandervoortWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
LIFrancophone
LIFrancophoneI seem to see a handwritten checkmark -- which I am *not* (at least not now) transcribing -- to the left of "SFC Leo F. Erwin[...]" in the scanned image.Page 7Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 009, folder 23: Leo Frank ErwinWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5For this project, we do not use bracketed transcriber comments to indicate indentation, text style, or placement of page elements. Please see the Formatting Rules specified below the transcription window. Thanks!Page 8Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 022, folder 40: Donald John RobertsonWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
cmills
cmillsDid my best with what was left but struggling a lot with the handwriting. I think the overall story is that a Germany officer is reported to have said "Hitler told us they had no ships left" when he saw an enormous opposing fleet, but I just can'...Page 9Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 021, folder 08: Hugh GunningWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
socrmom901
socrmom901Agree with this transcriptPage 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 006, folder 38: Gordon Dinsmore McDonaldWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
MalcolmS
MalcolmSAgree with the transcript. No changes.Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 006, folder 38: Gordon Dinsmore McDonaldWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
p.mcdow
p.mcdowParts of lines 38 and 39 are underlinedPage 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 006, folder 45: John PolyniakWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
LIFrancophone
LIFrancophone"bn HQ" seems to me to be an abbreviation for "battalion headquarters".Page 4Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 020, folder 34: Arthur Holman DunnWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
BBrownlow
BBrownlowThe lines 13 and 14 appear to be out of order from the original. Page 4Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 022, folder 33: Colin Edward PowellWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
GailF
GailFA bit of drawing on this one of the obstacles on the beach - done my best with normal keyboard symbols!Page 7Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 021, folder 31: Peter Henry JonesWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
wilsone5
wilsone5Hi jmphillips, thanks for contributing to the project! The errors and random characters in starting transcripts are the result of computer text recognition. All of the documents undergo this process before being uploaded. The software we use does ...Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 022, folder 29: Farndale PhillipsWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
jmphillips
jmphillipsI am coming across quite a few transcriptions in this collection that are just random letters/symbols/numbers. Some of them have some of the document transcribed correctly but with random errors sprinkled throughout so I am better off just erasin...Page 2Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 022, folder 29: Farndale PhillipsWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
SarahAnn
SarahAnnFirst name written as DAIVD not David (believe it is a typo on the file tab)Page 1Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 022, folder 46: David Jesse SawyerWorld War II D-Day Accounts from the Cornelius Ryan Collection
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