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Your name Dean Dethroe Gill

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?

The only thing I can recall is the outstanding courage of all the men,
in spite of their great fright, and their 'fighting mad' anger at seeing
all the dead Americans on the beach and in the water.

Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944? Some where on the English
Channel.

Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944? Some place between
Utah Beach and Ste. Mere-Eglise

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?

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Elded C Gaulke. Last address Iowa City, Iowa.
Orval O. Vauhn. Some where in Ind.
Fay E.Jansen St.Paul, Minn.
Tilford Olson some where in North Dakota.
Melville C.Price some where in Penn.

I will be available for interview any time.

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