Re: marine falcon--liberty ship
I MUST TELL YOU HOW PLEASED I AM TO RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE FROM YOU. WHAT A JOURNEY!. MY MOM AND I CAME OVER TO THE USA FROM SOUTHAMPTON, UK AND ARRIVED HERE IN MARCH 1947. I WAS BORN IN ENGLAND ON JULY 2, 1946--A VERY GOOD YEAR. MY MOM, A NURSE, DROVE AN AMBULANCE IN LONDON DURING THE WAR AND THERE SHE MET MY DAD, A US SOLDIER. OF COURSE THE MARINE FALCON CARRIED SOLDIERS AND SUPPLIES, BUT EVENTUALLY CARRIED WAR BRIDES AND BABIES, ME BEING ONE OF THEM! THE LAST BIT OF RESEARCH I DID WAS BEFORE 9-11-01 AND AS FAR AS I KNEW, THE MARINE FALCON HAD BEEN, SADLY ENOUGH, DISMANTLED AT A SHIP YARD IN NEW JERSEY. IF I HAD ONLY STARED MY GENEALOGY RESEARCH 20 YEARS AGO WHEN MY HUSBAND TOM STARTED HIS, I WOULD MOST DEFINITELY HAD GONE TO NEW JERSEY TO SEE HER. NOW, FOR QUITE SOMETIME I HAVE PACKED UP MY RESEARCH AND SINCE MY HUSBAND TOM HAD PASSED AWAY IN MARCH 31, 2010, NOT QUITE SURE IF, FOR SOME TIME, I SHALL CONTINUE AGAIN. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR RESPONSE TO MY QUERY. I DID A WHILE AGO FIND ONLY A PHOTO OF THE MARINE FALCON, BUT YOUR STORY IS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH....TONI
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Responses
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Carrie O’Connor October 26, 2023, 11:03 pm
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Samuel Yrjola March 8, 2013, 3:35 am
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Suzee April 11, 2012, 2:48 pm
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Oleh October 6, 2011, 1:45 am
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Oleh October 6, 2011, 1:28 am
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - george bonnett June 13, 2011, 9:25 pm
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - maria March 22, 2011, 8:23 pm
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Tim Mc Hugh December 22, 2010, 10:29 pm
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Mark Collins October 27, 2015, 10:15 am
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Rick Wood September 27, 2015, 10:57 am
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Bernadette Townsend October 9, 2011, 10:21 pm
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Dennis September 19, 2011, 9:41 am
- Re: marine falcon--liberty ship - Christine Tirman May 24, 2011, 11:31 am
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