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July 11, 1958

Mr.Edgar Clement
Box 145
Dunbar, Pennsylvania

Dear Mr. Clement:

Thank you very much for your letter and for your willingness to help
us with Cornelius Ryan's book about D-Day. I hope you will forgive
the delay in replying to your kind offer of assistance; we are grati-
fied, but somewhat overwhelmed, by the wonderful response which we
are getting as a result of our requests for Information.
During the next few months, both in this country and in Europe, Mr
Ryan will be interviewing many of the D-Day participants who agree to
contribute to the book. Very probably, he will wish to talk with you
during that period. In the meantime, since we are dealing with so many
people, we have found it necessary to develop an individual file on
each person who agrees to help us. Therefore, we hope you will complete
the enclosed record and return it to me at your earliest convenience
We truly believe that these questions will serve you, as well as us,
if they can help to crystallize some hazy memories and to indicate the
sort of information which we are

I should be most grateful to know as soon as possible when and if you
will be available for interview. We want very much to tell the story
of your unit, and in order to do that we need the personal accounts
of the men who were there. We particularly look forward to your reply.

Sincerely yours,

Frances Ward
Research Department
FW:LL
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