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• Text: ...mp closer to the coast In Virginia a couple of days for shots, sent to Maryland Boarded a ship to be transferred overseas to Scotland Ship called the Aquitania (a cruise ship converted into a transport) Landed in Scotland; ship was able to outrun U-boats, so no convoy Would often w...

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• Text: ...t 30, 1942 and arrived in the United Kingdom on September 6, 1942 (00:17:10) Stationed in the United Kingdom -They landed in Scotland -The Scots were welcoming and greeted them with tea and pastries -From Scotland they took a train down to southern England -Specifically to Salisbur...

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• Text: ...tic, and found German subs waiting for them (09:20) • Had to change course and took them several days extra, and landed in Scotland instead of Southampton, England (09:50) • Took a train to England (10:00) • Spent 2 weeks in England, waiting to embark across the Channel (10:30) • Go...

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• Description: ...Military Police training at Fort Custer and Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He was sent to the European Theatre and arrived in Scotland on November 9, 1944. He was stationed in Hereford, England with the Military Police for the rest of 1944 and was sent to France in late January 1945 as an in...
• Text: ...up to Camp Shanks, New York -Boarded a troopship, the SS Ile de France -It took nine days to sail from New York to Greenock, Scotland -In Greenock they boarded a train and were taken to Hereford, England -By the time he got to England D-Day had already happened (00:12:34) Arrival in France ...

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• Text: ...sixteen weeks in basic training before he was sent over seas. (04:03) Deployment/Active Duty (00:04:14) • Set out for Scotland on the Queen Elizabeth o Was basically a giant floating hotel • The ship did not travel in a convoy because it was fast enough to where it could avoid the ...

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• Text: ...around 18 months. (04:55) He was then sent to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to specialized training for 6 weeks and was then sent to Scotland and then on to England. While in England, he spent more time training. A lot of their training dealt with mines, specifically clearing the mines. They also s...

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• Text: ...around 18 months. (04:55) He was then sent to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to specialized training for 6 weeks and was then sent to Scotland and then on to England. While in England, he spent more time training. A lot of their training dealt with mines, specifically clearing the mines. They also s...

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• Description: ...d was assigned to the engineer battalion of the 1st Armored Division. He went with his unit to Northern Ireland, and then to Scotland and England before landing in Algeria in 1942. He participated in the North African and Italian campaigns, mostly working on bridge construction and repair, ...
• Text: ...e boarded the HMS Queen Mary (32:42) The rooms aboard the ship were extremely small Active Duty – Part I – Ireland/Scotland/England – (33:18)     They traveled North and went towards Iceland (33:25) o They were first let out on the deck at night when they were ...

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• Description: ...He trained as a fuel truck driver and received amphibious training. He began duty in Scotland and Wales prior to the Normandy Invasion, and continued to serve as a truck driver in France and Germany during and after the Invasion. After the German surrender, he spent his last months working...
• Text: ...He didn't hear the scrape, and didn't see evidence of it. (22:50) • The ship was bound for Glasgow, Scotland. They took the long way around to avoid U-boats. (23:27) • The convoy was large and involved about twenty ships. (23:54) • The weather was cold, but the sea was proba...

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• Text: ...• George only saw elderly civilians still living in the towns • He ended up in England and then was flown to Glasgow, Scotland • George took a ship called the Queen Mary to New York • He received a Purple Heart, a Sharpshooter’s Badge, a WWII victory medal and a Presidentia...

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• Text: ... he went over on was the “Empress of Russia” -Dirty and cramped vessel -Eventually made landfall in a town near Glasgow, Scotland -Voyage took one hundred days [?] due to having to avoid U-Boats and German air raids (00:14:35) Deployment to Northern Ireland -Went to a place near Belfa...

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• Text: ...e headquartered in a town called Straubing, Bavaria. (00:12:06) o Remembers the midnight he left from New York to Edinburgh, Scotland, in the Queen Elizabeth (33 knots, 3 ½ days) when leaving for the war; remembers coming back to New York, as well. After the Service (00:13:28)  Going Ho...