Cornelius Ryan WWII papers, box 022, folder 46: David Jesse Sawyer

14th June 1958 Dear Mrs. Sawyer, Thank you for your letter of May 11th. It was very kind of you to reply to our advertisement so promptly. I am sure our author, Mr. Ryan, would be most interested to hear of your husband's experiences on D-Day. At present he is in Paris interviewing French civilians and Resistance workers who were in Normandy during the first hours of the Invasion. He is returning to England shortly, when he hopes to be able to talk to men and women of the British Forces about their D-Day experiences. In the meantime we should be very grateful if your husband would kindly complete and return the enclosed questionnaire. A stamped and addressed envelope is also enclosed for his use. I will write to you again on Mr. Ryan's return.

Yours sincerely, (Joan Ogle Isaacs ) Research Editor

Mrs. J. Sawyer, 76 Bisson Road, Stratford, London E.15.

Enc.

17th June, 1958. D. J. Sawyer, Esq., 76, Bisson Road, Stratford, E. 15.

Dear Mr. Sawyer, Further to my letter of the 27th May, Mr. Ryan is now in London and would very much like to meet you in connection with his book on D-Day.

I wonder, therefore, if you would very kindly telephone me at the above address so that we could arrange a mutually convenient meeting.

Yours sincerely,

( Joan Ogle Isaacs) Research Editor

I hereby agree that Mr. Cornelius Ryan has all rights whatsoever in the interview with, and the questionnaire and letter from me regarding D-Day.

SIGNED D.J. Sawyer DATE 2/7/58