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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name Red Reeder

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
Wanted to but it was against orders

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
Yes--

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
Yes-prefer to relate

Were you wounded?
Yes- at Montebourg-- 6th day--
lost leg

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?
Terrific pain
I am a poor Episcopalian, a Catholic priest
helped me when I reported to my Div. Commander- Gen. Barton
at the first aid station

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now,
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
Yes--
(M/R-- about giving Lt. Col. Jim Luckett
a pistol that was too heavy to carry.

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
Yes-- heavily burdened Inf. crossing
flooded area.