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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name Loring L. Wadsworth

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No. The thing I remember is the day went very fast.
Had a notebook will try to find it.

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day? 16 killed in action or died of wounds
allmost everybody wounded.

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
We were all going to keep in touch with anybody that
got [crossed out] had [end crossed out] wounded

Were you wounded? Yes

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?
not much at first but quite a bit next day.

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

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