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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: ...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...
