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3 .
In times Of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity
or self-reliances others do incredibly strange or stupid things. Do
you remember any examples of either?
CPL. BROAD, SMALLEST N.C.O. IN THE UNIT, ABOUT 5ft 3"ins, STANDING UP
TO HIS NECK IN THE WATER DTEADYING THE END OF THE STARBOARD
RAMP WHICH WAS FLOATING ABOUT GIVING US A CHANCE TO GET
OFF QUICK.
A FANATICAL SUB-LIEUTENANT DETAILING FOUR MEN TO MAKE A BAYONET
CHARGE ALONG A COMMUNICATION TRENCH TO A PILL BOX WHICH WAS ONLY
OF NUISANCE VALUE AND COULD BE BY-PASSED AND LEFT FOR OUR TANKS
TO DEAL WITH. ORDER WAS COUNTER-MANDED BY A SENIOR OFFICER.

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?
HAVE LOST TOUCH.

What do you do now?
DEPT. MANAGER (FACTORY WORK)

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