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  • Text: ...s pictures from England and discusses them in depth during the war and afterwards. Further shows pictures of her forays into Scotland. (34:27)  Briefly tells a few stories along with showing her Scotland pictures also. (36:54)  Also shows a certificate service in which re...
Vande Kerk, Christine and Henry (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...ed on the Philadelphia. (5:09) The Philadelphia was a light cruiser. (5:20) This ship would make runs from the East Coast to Scotland on convoy escort. (5:44) While in the North Atlantic he experienced rough seas. (6:00) The ships he escorted would travel in the far North Atlantic because G...
Thorsen, Arthur (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Description: ...er, but his ship was sunk by a torpedo, and he was rescued by a British destroyer. He then spent time on a US Marine base in Scotland, Oran, Algeria, on an oil tanker In the Caribbean and Atlantic, a tugboat in the Caribbean, and finally on a cargo ship in the Pacific after the end of the w...
  • Text: ...use of the weather o One of the lifeboats was lost  (30:28) They didn’t have any U-boat scares on the way to Halifax or Scotland o Remembers the ocean being beautiful o (31:12) Mr. Aldrich remembered on the way to the British Isles the fog prevented them from seeing things, and once it...
Aldrich, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...   Philip first served aboard the USS George Bancroft. This ship was a missile submarine. The ship operated out of Scotland. (4:49) Typically the men were out at sea for 65-70 days. (5:06) After his service on the USS George Bancroft, Philip reenlisted and was sent to a training c...
Rasey, Philip (Interview outline), 2011

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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.
Lindner, Paul (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007