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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: ... to be out there on their own, defenseless against a U-Boat attack (00:10:37) Stationed in England -They arrived in Glasgow, Scotland -Only stayed overnight there before moving again -From Glasgow they travelled to Wales by train -While in Wales they stayed in Welsh houses -While stationed ...

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• Text: ...he Americans complained enough to get coffee -Got the chance to explore Cambridge -From Cambridge he was sent up to Glasgow, Scotland -Spent a few days there -Boarded a plane in Glasgow and was flown back to the United States -Stopped in Iceland to refuel (00:34:56) Recovery in the United S...

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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.

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• Text: ...ompany of 1st Battalion of the 302nd Infantry Regiment (00:15:45) Arrival in England -After leaving New York they arrived in Scotland -There was no dock big enough for the Queen Elizabeth -Had to use smaller ships to take men and supplies ashore -Took a few days to unload the Queen Elizabet...

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• Text: ...c Ocean -Weather wasn't too bad -Some men got seasick (00:22:14) Arrival in the European Theatre -Arrived in Glasgow, Scotland -Went by train to Southampton, England -Boarded a ship and was given a loaf of bread and a ring of bologna -It was a small transport ship -Had to sleep in ha...

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• Text: The ship changed direction every seven minutes as well. • (17:25) They landed in Glasgow, Scotland. They were sent by a train to Elfricone, England, near the southern coast. • (18:00) They were trained for D-Day and trained in LCVPs, a type of small landing craft.

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• Text: ...ismay of the others, that soldier answered "Oh yes sir." (28:40:00) they were worried about U-Boats but made it to Scotland safely, to Greenock in the north near Glasgow; he was put on an LST ship and sent to Cardiff, in Wales, for a couple of weeks; Cardiff had “the worst clima...

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• Text: ...y crowded -Led to not having much to do in the way of occupying time (00:26:21) Arrival in England -Ship stopped at Glasgow, Scotland -Did not disembark there and instead boarded a ferry bound for Liverpool, England -From Liverpool got sent to Birmingham -By now D-Day was well underway -In ...

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• Text: ... so crowded they had to take turns getting into bed. They had two meals a day on the ship. They arriveded in Firth of Clyde, Scotland. • (30:34) Next they took a train to a small village outside London. The pilots were to be replacements. During this time, the Battle of the Bulge was ragi...

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• Text: ...nd and their currency -Had escorts to a certain point then sailed alone (00:32:58) Stationed in England -Arrived in Glasgow, Scotland then took a smaller boat to Liverpool, England -Sent to Wiltshire County, England where the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment had its camps -Part of the 101s...

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• Text: ...meals a day -Had liver and onions for breakfast -Evening meal was better (00:24:40) Stationed in England -Landed at Glasgow, Scotland in mid-January 1944 -Got off the ship and took a train toward London -Greeted by the elite Coldstream Guards -Couldn't keep up with them -Went to Henley...

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• Text: I bet they didn’t pull that one on you a second time. No….no. (19:41) Then from there I went to Scotland and then they sent us for further training….well mostly the crew went for more training. So what unit were you assigned to ultimately? The 487th Bomb Group…336 Bomb Squadron.

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• Text: ...In other words, you get there…Was this the first time you met Scottish people or British people? We arrived in Scotland I think in the middle of the night, so and we were in Class A uniforms which means that we had short skirts, fairly short for that time, and not much protection so we we...

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• Text: ...estover -First stop was Newfoundland, Canada (00:25:34) Flying Missions Pt. 1 -Flew from Canada to Greenland, to Iceland, to Scotland, then down to England -Destination was a 44th Bombardment Group base -Flew seven (or eight) missions out of that base -The 392nd Bomb Group was almost entire...

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• Text: ...vy was around not too far from us all the time. Interviewer: Okay, so you had escorts of some kind. Yes, oh yeah and we went Scotland first and then we got a train from Scotland and- and guys went in different directions and I went to Wales. Interviewer: Okay. Yeah. Interviewer: Ye...

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• Text: ...   From Iceland he went to Belfast, Northern Ireland for a couple of days. From there he would get on a boat to go to Scotland and from there, he would take a train to Snetterton Heath. He would join the 338th Squadron 96th Bomb Group. The group would spend 2 years overseas and 200 m...

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• Text: THE 120 FOOT E BOATS WERE FAST AND HEAVLY ARMED . RETURN TO ENGLAND AND SOME OF THE BOATS WENT TO SCOTLAND TO BE GIVEN TO THE RUSSIANS. SHW TO BOSTON, TRAIN TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SHOEMAKER NAVL RECEIVING STATION. PASSED OUT AND ENDED UP IN THE SHOEMAKER NAVAL HOSPITAL.

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• Text: ..., you know, I was only eighteen, and she started handing us all these little booklets, I‘ll never forget it, ―Welcome to Scotland‖. So I got aboard the train and we‘re all reading the book about Scotland and I was looking out the window, a beautiful place. The train kept go...

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• Text: ...s too weak to carry his combat pack and rifle (00:42:28:00)  Therefore, when the ship pulled into the harbor in Greenock, Scotland, Van Luyn was very relieved (00:42:38:00) The men were not in Scotland for very long; after they had gotten off the ship, the men were given coffee ...

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• Text: ...nders were friendly and hospitable (01:27:58) Convoy AT-18 -Sailed to England with a large convoy, AT-18, bound for Glasgow, Scotland -First major movement of American troops to England for service in the European Theater -Stopped in Belfast, Ireland -Pulled into Glasgow -A lot of Free Fren...

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• Text: ... (00:58:26:00) o During the voyage to the Pacific, the men did not encounter as much bad weather as they had sailing over to Scotland (00:58:52:00) When the General Pope finally arrived at Manila, it was a different experience for the men (00:59:50:00) o Although the men had been through se...

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• Text: ...Everyone on the ship was sick. He was in a convoy of eighty ships 46:03 He was sitting outside of Scotland the nets were holding the ships back because of the submarines 48:00 He got there in 1944 48:43 He describes his captain he says that he was the dumbest person he knew 49:45 His captai...