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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name Raymond E Jones

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No I didnt have time . we flew one mission and came right back.
loaded our plane with bombs and stood by for another run.

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
Yes on the ground none in the air
Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
did not see them
Were you wounded ?
No
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?
Do you remember seeing or bearing anything that seems funny now,
even though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
One thing sticks in my craw. The french people were not glad to see us.
They were so goddam fat in some parts of France under the Germans that
they were very unhappy when the Germans mined their roads and fields.
and left. In fact as late as June of 45 they were still sullen. Of course in the
farming district they were making out rather well and when their coast
was invaded, they had to readjust themselves.
I have a lot more respect for the German than I do for a lot of people
on the continent. /?