Posted by Bob Higgins on August 25, 2010, 7:25 pm, in reply to "Re: New Orleans"
I was on a tanker the SS Vera Cruz. We had loaded crude oil at Tampico, Mexico and headed to the east coast, first day out I came down with malaria No Doc. No meds. I got very sick . About 4 miles off the coast of Key West a coast guard cutter came along side and I was loaded into a stokes basket and lowered onto the deck of the cutter. I was taken to the Naval hosp. on Key west Got better and was sent to New Orleans