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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?
Heedless of warnings many including myself was
stupid enough to come on deck clad only in shorts.
It was very hot and we did not think of the
danger of gas, splinters etc.

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?
No.

What do you do now? I am a wood machinist
in a bedding factory.

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