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Your name- Roy W. Nickrent

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?
I saw some of the fellows, especially
in the weapons platoons who had the heavier weapons to
carry plus ammunition appropriate for themselves, horses
horse & cart, wheel barrows, baby buggies, bicycles, motercycles
and even a treaded vehicle somewhat like a motercycle.
"Any way to transport the burden without his own brawn.

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944?
In the marshalling area
at greenham common, england

Where were you at midnight on june 6, 1944?
somewhere in vicinity of
Beuzeville Au Plain & Foucaruille France.

Do you know of anybody else who landed within those 24 hours (midnight
June 5 to midnight June 6 ) as infantry, glider or airborne troops, or
who took part in the air and sea operations, whom we should write to?

I would suggest you contact harrison D.
Summers of Rivesville, West Virginia.

PLEASE LET US HAVE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE CAN
INCLUDE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE BOOK. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR
STORY ON SEPARATE SHEETS IF WE HAVE NOT LEFT SUFFICIENT ROOM. FULL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WILL BE GIVEN IN A CHAPTER CALLED "WHERE THEY ARE NOW;
YOUR NAME AND VOCATION OR OCCUPATION WILL BE LISTED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

Cornelius Ryan
Frances Ward
Research, The Reader's Digest