My maternal grandfather, Bruce Daniel (Dan) Sapp was on the McAndrew and I know he was a member of the Army Air Force though I can't figure out the unit at the time, since the letters I have from him unfortunately skip over the period from November 1944 to June 1945. However, I know that my paternal grandmother had quite a shock when my parents were getting married back in the 80s and she mentioned her brother, Army Private Walter Avory Buckles, Jr., who had died in the collision with the Béarn, and Grandpa told her that he'd been one of the men on that ship who survived and they were trying to help those they could. Wild connection! I assume my Grandpa, Dan Sapp, must have been in Hold 2 and my great uncle Walter Buckles was in Hold 1.
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