July 20, 1943
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René’s journal entry for July 20, 1943… Got back after midnight July 16, and stayed in the outer harbor until morn, coming in around 8 A.M. Again we loaded up after the many hours it took to clean out our tank deck – what a time they had shoveling out the sand and the […]
July 10, 1943
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René’s journal entry for July 10, 1943… On the night of the July 8th and all during the day and night of the 9th, the weather was fierce — the water was rough and there was a 40- to 60-mile-an-hour gale blowing the whole time. I decided to spend most of my time on my […]
July 7, 1943
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René’s journal entry for July 7, 1943… On the 7th, as we were completely loaded we had orders to go to the outer harbor and anchor, so I went up early to the 56th and found that three of our boys could come back to the ship, so I brought them back with me. […]