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May 9, 1958

Mr. Joseph Orna
63rd Avenue
Flushing, Long Island, N .Y.
Dear Mr. Orna:

Thank you for your telephone call of this
morning. I hope very much that you will bear with us
for a bit, in view of the fact that Mr. Ryan's schedule
for the next few days is impossibly tight. As I told
you, I had to check with him this afternoon, concerning
our work schedule for next week: as it turns out, he
has to be at West Point on Monday, and we both will be
in Washington from Tuesday until Thursday.
He wants very much to talk with you sometime
during the next two weeks, and hopes that you will be
able to find a time that is mutually convenient. I
enclose a questionnaire which we have prepared for the
people who agree to contribute to the book; if you
would be willing to complete it and return it to me
sometime next week we should be very grateful, for Mr.
Ryan will find it invaluable in preparing for an inter-
view. We think also that it may give you a reasonably
good idea of the sort of information which wo are seeking.
As the questions indicate, the book will not
be a strategic history, but a story about 24 hours as
men lived them. Mr. Ryan wants very much to tell the
story of the Britishers who went into Normandy, and so
I shall look forward very eagerly to your reply. Forgive
me for not calling you back today; I've thought that a
letter might be more informative. Thank you for any help
which you can give us.

Sincerely yours,
Frances Ward
Research