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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?
There is one thing that seem's rather
silly was when our 1st Lt. went into the
as we landed on the beach with
two revolvers in his belt & a [illegible]
in his hand. I dont know if he was
frightened of the crew (as he was not liked)
or the enemy.
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?
OUR CREW
Mr R. Hewitoon, 3 East Street, Crookhall, Consett, County Durham ( I dont know if they still live there)
G.E Elliot L/MM, 36 Rannoch Road, Methil, Fife, Scotland.
73 Wootton, 7 Hamilton Street, Bloxwick, walsall, Staff.
L/S L. G Bowman, 55 Whitworth Road, [illegible], [illegible], [illegible]
W. Lee, 29 Tuxford Crescent, Cundy Cross, Barnsley, York.
B. Phillips, Black Lion Hotel , [illegible], [illegible], Wales
James Mackay, 4 Stewart Villas, [illegible]
F. Norcott, Wayside, Stewkle, Leighton Bus Beds.
What do you do now?
Unemployed at present
because I have had
a slipped disc and I am
Still having treatment.
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