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- Text: ... of a convoy, and they didn‟t see any U-boats, but he knew they were out there. (25:22) The first place they landed was in Scotland. That is where he got his first taste of the English language. After landing in Scotland, they took a train to their base that was thirty miles from...
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- Text: ...he C-46 or C-47 (31:22). (31:30) Active Duty Europe From Camp Kilmer in New Jersey he boarded a passenger ship bound for Scotland. The trip lasted 7 days and was initially rough (31:48). Many men became seasick (33:06). The camp in Scotland was crude, wet, and muddy. Th...
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- Text: ...ssed the Rock of Gibraltar • Before they got to England they had to get inspected for STDs • They landed in Glasgow, Scotland and did maneuvers • Garret had a girlfriend in London • The Germans were attacking London and they had to hide in the subways when they were visiting...
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- Text: ...antic on the Queen Elizabeth with 15,000 other troops. The ship was alone but was escorted by submarines. Landed in Glasgow, Scotland and was railroaded to England. This was at the end of 1943. (00:10:46)Assigned to the 39th Regiment during his time in England. Some of the men in the compan...
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- Text: ...S. (18:54) Backs up and mentions that when he first journeyed overseas aboard a troop ship that landed first in Glasgow, Scotland; went by train down to London and then by ship to France where they received their weapons at various replacement centers. (19:58) o Home in the States (20:...
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- Text: ... and France • The North Sea still had mines in it so they had to follow a specific route • After picking up wheat in Scotland they went down the St Lawrence River and unloaded it in Montreal • When they went back out to sea it was winter and there were some storms • They we...
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- Text: He did experience some USO shows. (42:57) While based in England he had a 10 day leave in Scotland. (43:58)
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- Text: ...l from the United States to the English Isles -Moved quickly because they didn’t travel with an escort -Landed in Glasgow, Scotland -Started to get organized and prepared to set up in England -Remembers doing kitchen duty on the ship and plucking feathers off of chickens -Remembers a sold...
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- Text: ...Found that it was very similar. (06:23) Returned to the United States in December, 1945 from Scotland after his detached service from Hamburg, Germany. Describes his experience having to sleep at Camp Lucky Strike, near Le Havre, France while waiting for reliable transportation. (1:10:37) (...
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- Text: ... the ship was English and horrible and there were thousands of men on the ship • They traveled with a convoy and landed in Scotland • On Christmas Eve of 1944 they took a train to England • They stayed at a base near Ipswich and his sister worked in a nearby hospital (17:40) Flight ...
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- Text: ...Many men were sick. (13:41) The convoy sailed for 11 days. It stormed for all 11. (15:07) The convoy landed in Greenoch, Scotland. (16:40) Keith was then sent to England. There the men had to build their own startle trenches, and get their own water. The men lived in tents. (17:27) He was a...
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- Text: ...arlevoix, Michigan whose sister she was friends with (25:18) The ship landed in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of England [Scotland] (25:40) When the sailors woke up they could see the English fog o They were taken by tanker into shore (25:56) Once she was ashore, she then took a train so...
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- Text: ...ng course every 7 minutes to avoid submarine detection to finally arrive at their destination. (18:23) o Landing at Glasgow, Scotland (19:22) and then they were transported to Southampton, England and from there across the channel to Normandy at about 90 days after D-Day (20:07) Active Dut...
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- Text: ...And one of the closest friends I had there was from New York, but his father was Scottish, so he wanted to go up to Scotland to see where his father was born and raised, so I went with him. 12:08 I’m not sure how long we were gone, but we were gone and then we went to, also in Scotlan...
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- Text: ...with M16s in case of a polar bear attack. (52:00) After a quick patch was made on the ship, the vessel went to a shipyard in Scotland for repairs. (52:42) The improvised repair to the ship had been done so well, that the men in the ship yard in Scotland said they could not have don...
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- Text: ... almost a week going over the Atlantic, but about three weeks going back home on a Liberty Ship (25:39) Landed near Glasgow, Scotland (25:50) Moved to England for awhile (27:24) Landed in France o They went over on a Landing Ship Tank (LST) o Fired up tanks, went ashore o Mr. Justice was a ...
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- Text: ...he bottom deck, on the highest bunk (0:12:09) Was not part of a convoy, they were by themselves (0:12:41) Landed in Glasgow, Scotland (0:13:04) Once in Glasgow, they were sent on trains to southern England (0:13:16) Ended up in Sunbury, England (0:13:21) Stayed there several weeks and was p...
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- Text: ...There was an air escort for one day out of New York and one day before England. - The voyage took four days. He landed in Scotland. They could only have two meals a day because there were so many troops aboard. He crossed the ocean in November. Once they arrived, they took a train to Gla...
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- Text: ...en were told it would be a 4,000 mile voyage and after the ship sailed out of New York and crossed the Atlantic, ended up in Scotland (00:20:15:00) The weather during the journey was good (00:20:54:00) When the ship arrived in Scotland, Scottish bagpipers were there to greet th...
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- Text: ...t [former luxury liner] with 8,000 men They left in April of 1944 and travelled without a convoy The ship landed at Glasgow, Scotland George went to south east London He was chosen to go to chemical warfare school In June he went back to his unit and they crossed the English Channel They la...
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- Text: ...p the four officers were treated like kings while the enlisted men were not, who packed five decks below (0:24:40) Landed in Scotland and took a train to the base, 50 miles north of London in Ridgewell(0:25:05) During training practiced a lot of formation flying (0:25:25) Bombing focused on...
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- Text: ... The Boat to England • They played poker in his room • They made lots of money and went shopping; he bought scotch in Scotland (5:10) June 2 • He started cooking again in England • On June 4th he saw a buzz bomb from Germany (9:00) Normandy • On June 5th reporters were de...
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- Text: ...est to do nice for the soldiers (9:10) To Europe • 10 days crossing the North Atlantic • Got very seasick • Arrived in Scotland o Had to have small boats ferry soldiers to shore because the docks were not made to hold the big ships • Watched Queen Elizabeth or Queen Mary sail in (9:...
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- Text: The ship anchored off of Scotland and had to take smaller boats to get to shore because the ship was so huge. They couldn’t go straight to the English Channel because the Germans would have sunk them He was then sent by train to Liverpool.