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Page 2CONN 9 For Cornelius Ryan What is your full name? ERNEST RILEY BLANCHARD What was your unit and division? 505th Regimental Combar Teal 82nd Airbone Div. Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time ? We dropped in Normandy (St. Mere Eglise) at 0015 hour June 6. St Mere Eglise was the first town on the Continent to be liberated in the invasion. What was your rank on June 6, 1944? P.F.C. What was your age on June 6, 1944? 30 T V Were you married at that time ? No What is your wife's name ? Did you have any children at that time ? [Notes in pencil] saw a man explode heard tell HQ 505 Capt Boyd landed in [unclear] in square What do you do now? I am a machinist by trade in the E. Ingraham Clock Co. Bristol, Conn When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? What was the trip like during the crossing of the channel? Do you remember, What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in which you made | Page 2CONN 9 For Cornelius Ryan What is your full name? ERNEST RILEY BLANCHARD What was your unit and division? 505th Regimental Combar Teal 82nd Airbone Div. Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time ? We dropped in Normandy (St. Mere Eglise) at 0015 hour June 6. St Mere Eglise was the first town on the Continent to be liberated in the invasion. What was your rank on June 6, 1944? P.F.C. What was your age on June 6, 1944? 30 T V Were you married at that time ? No What is your wife's name ? Did you have any children at that time ? [Notes in pencil] saw a man explode heard tell HQ 505 Capt Boyd landed in [unclear] in square What do you do now? I am a machinist by trade in the E. Ingraham Clock Co. Bristol, Conn When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? What was the trip like during the crossing of the channel? Do you remember, What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in which you made |