HI, AGAIN, BOB,
SORRY IT HAS TAKEN ME SO LONG TO REPLY, BUT WE ARE STILL TOO BUSY FOR "OLD RETIRED FOLK" !
YOU ASKED WHERE I WENT AFTER LEAVING KHORRASMHAHR ? WE CAME BACK & LEFT THE CONVOY, & WENT TO CUBA. LOADED SUGAR & DELIVERED IT TO N.Y. MEN CAME IN TO INSULATE THE WALLS OUTSIDE, & PROBABLY FUEL TANKS. POURED CONCRETE INTO THE BOW, BUILT A SMALL BUILDING TO PROTECT THE ABs, &, SINCE THE CARGO WAS STAMPED USSR, WE KNEW WHERE WE WERE GOING.WE TOOK 3 RAILROAD STEAM ENGINES ON DECK, INCLUDING COAL TENDERS. TRAVELED TO ARCHANGEL IN WHITE SEA, FROZEN SOLID.IT TOOK 2 ICE BREAKERS TO GET US THROUGH THE WHITE SEA. BROUGHT RUSSIAN SAILORS BACK TO SCOTLAND, & SAILED DIRECTLY BACK TO WHERE WE LEFT FROM,..CARDITH WALES. WENT AROUND SCOTLAND, & DOWN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL,..ONE SHIP AT A TIME, AT NIGHT. ANCHORED IN PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND, & THEN TO DRYDOCK IN BALTIMORE FOR A NEW PROP. A MAN ON THE TUG HELD UP A NEWSPAPER..."NORMANDY INVADED". WE RETURNED TO THE A.G. CENTER. [SS JOYCE KILMER]
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