J.D. Salinger was carrying six chapters of "The Catcher in the Rye" when he
landed on Omaha Beach during WWII.

J. D. Salinger was an American writer best known for his novel, The Catcher
in the Rye. Salinger was born and raised in New York City and was drafted
into World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor. At this point, Salinger
had published several short stories in various journals and had been
developing