Re: The Murmansk Run by S.C. Myers,
I was in a Convoy to Murmansk in Dec. 1944. It was cold and windy and we were attacked on the way up by Nazi Torpedo planes and U-boats. We had English baby top Airplane carriers, they intercepted the German Planes and there was quite a battle, I was assigned to a 20 Millimeter gun on the stern, we were ordered to shoot at any surface vessel or German Plane. What makes me think of this trip at this time of the year, we were in Murmansk over Christmas, our orders were to not give any of the Cilvians food from our ships, I and a buddy were walking the street if you call it that and met a young woman, we each had an orange and an apple, we gave them to her and you would think she had recieved a million dollars. The best Christmas I ever remember. Our ships name was the Albert Michelson.
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