ryan_box024-tld_f33_03

for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during landing or
during the day?
Yes

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties:
Not on D Day

Were you wounded?
No

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?

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now,
even though it may not have seemed funny at the time?

Yes, our co-driver was giving us a running com entary about the
action on the beach .and describing it as if he was a radio announcer.

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic or simply memorable, which struck you more than anything else?

As it was the first time these people had been in action, the
way they went about their jobs and adapted themselves to the
tasks they were alloted (blowing sea wall, filling in tank ditch,
and clearing the mine fields into town) this to me will always
be a heroic and memorable sight.