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3.

In times of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity
or self-reliance; others do incredibly strange or stupid things. Do
you remember any examples of either?
ONE THING SHOOK ME. WAS HOW AFTER ONLY FEW
HOURS MEN WENT ABOUT THERE JOBS SOMTIMES
STEPING OVER THE BODIES OF THERE COMRADES WITH
OUT SO MUCH AS A GLANCE. AND BODIES LAY AT
THE WATERS EDGE COVERED IN DIRTY SHIP'S OIL FOR WHAT
SEEM LIKE HOURS. NOW IT SEEMS HOW COULD WE
HAVE BEEN SO CALLOUS.

Do you know of anybody else who landed within the 24 hours (midnight
5 June to midnight 6 June) either as infantry, glider or airborne troops,
whom we should write to?
EDDIE FLETCHER, TRENT VALLEY HOTEL
LITCHFIELD STAFFS. A TRUE PAL WHO ONCE
STOPPED [crossed out] [illegible] [end crossed out] "MONTY" CROSSING OVER A WINCH
ROPE. SO MONTY HAD TO GET A "BUNK" OVER
THE HEDGE.
THE PLACE.: "MONTY'S" H.Q AT BLAY, NEAR BAYEAX.
" JOB THE TRANSPORTION OF THE "TIGER TANK"
CAPTURED INTACT. SENT BACK TO ENGLAND.

What do you do now?
AIRCRAFT FITTER.

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."

Cornelius Ryan
Joan O. Isaacs
The Reader's Digest