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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: 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: ...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: ...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: -Good weather for the trip. -Route went south of Azores, then straight north to Glasgow Scotland. -Took a train to Wales England. -Stayed in Wales until a place was found for them in Liverpool. -One instance: a drill done in the rain resulted in most the soldiers coming down with a cold.

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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: ... ship going to Europe to perform for soldiers there (00:17:09) Arrival in the United Kingdom -They landed at Firth of Clyde, Scotland -He was placed on a train and sent south to the small English town of Cubbington -There wasn’t much space in the country due to the influx of American sold...