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- for Cornelius Ryan 3 -
Your name Capt. Jack Fox

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No, but its still pretty vivid in my mind.

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day? Yes, Sgt. Jack [?] medical aidman for
Co.B, 8th Inf Regt. was killed in the beach. He landed in the [?]

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
Just that we wished each other luck before going
over the side of the landing craft.
Were you wounded? Not at this time but was wounded about
3 Dec. 1944 in the H[?] forest.
Do you remember what it was like--that is, do you remember whether you
felt any pain or were you so surprised that you felt nothing?
Felt very little pain, received slight wound from a
mortor shell. Was shaken up a bit from the blast.

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
We were carrying medical equipment weighing about
50 pounds + by the time we hit the beach it seemed
considerably heavier, particularly when one tried to run
through the sand to [?] the sea wall which was
about 40 or so yards from the waters edge. Most of
the fire was [?] from our side but we didn't
knoe that [?[ consequently every time a roynd passed
overhead we hit the dirt.

Do you recall any incident, sad -or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
I administered my fine unit of [?] to a
wounded solider but to no avail as he died
before the plasma could be of effect. I'll always
remember the pleading and frightened look on his face
as if to say this can't be happening to me.