ryan_box024-tld_f19_03

--for Cornelius Ryan 2--

Your name MAJOR JDM GILLAN

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
NO- TOO BUSY

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during landing or
during the day?
YES, BUT NOT TOO MANY, FORTUNATELY

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties:
NO, EXCEPT THAT THEY ALL FELT
THAT IF ANYONE WAS KILLED OR WOUNDED,
IT WOULD BE SOMEONE ELSE.

Were you wounded?
NOT ON D-DAY

Do you remember what it was like--that is, do you remember whether you
felt any pain or were so surprised that you felt nothing?
N/A

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, evem
though it may not have seemed funny at the time?
NO. I AM SURE, THOUGH, THAT IT WOULD
HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN THE GERMAN
ARMY TO STOP OUR LADS GETTING OFF THE
LCT AFTER THE ROUGH CROSSING

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic or simply memorable, which
struck you more than anything else?
YES. THE SIGHT OF OUR OWN WOUNDED
WHICH CONVINCED US IT WASN'T "JUST
ANOTHER EXCERISE."

In times of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity
or self-reliance; others do incredibly stupid things. Do you remember
any examples of either from D-Day?
A STUPID THING MY MEN DID WAS TO
INVITE A BOMBARDIER OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY [inserted]British[end inserted]
TO INDULGE IN A CRAP GAME ON THE LCT.
THE BOMBARDIER PROFESSED IGNORANCE
OF THE GAME, BUT HE LANDED IN NORMANDY
WITH ALL THE INVASION MONEY OF MY MEN.