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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?
I do remember a Padre attached to the Canadians "Regina Rifles"
going to great trouble to have each body buried in a separate
grave in place of the bulldozer mass grave that was attempted.
He succeeded.
I remember also that the green-capped commandos (Royal Marines) were
the only unit as far as I could be aware to bury their own dead, as the
Pioneers had the job else where.
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?
I'm sorry, I made hosts of comrades - but can't tell a
name, even my own units names are hard to recall.
What do you do now? Im a post office worker in Wimpole St. London W 1
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 0. Isaacs
The Reader's Digest