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- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No

Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or
during the day?
No

Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties?
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Were you wounded?
Not on that date - was wounded over Achaen, Germany
Oct 1944.

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 hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it did not, of course, seem amusing at the time?
No

Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic, or simply memorable, which struck
you more than anything else?
After our initial bomb run we were
directed to stay in the area for a period of
time to strafe moving or stationary military
targets. We [crossed out]also we directed to[end crossed out] did make
passes on marshalling yards and rail
equipment. Flying at ground level it
seemed to me that civilians up at that