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17-12-2006, 06:30 AM
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 | AlaskaAluetiansWm.L.Thompson1942 Hi all. I am researching the US presence in the Aleutian Islands c. 1942. My name is Lorraine Baur, I am the daughter of Leonard William Baur Jr. who served in the Aluetians in the army on a supply ship the William L. Thompson from May thru December 1942. I would love to hear from anyone connected in any way. He's 88 years old and I'd love to be able to give him some contacts or more info. He especially remembers the crew rescuing the survivors of the ship Gaines (sorry don't have the whole name) during a storm up there. Thanks. Lorraine Baur Ukiah California loni_baur@adelphia.net |
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17-12-2006, 08:58 AM
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We discussed the Aleutians not long ago. Not the glamourous part of the Pacific however just as important if you were one of those who were there. The ship was: Date 11/24/43, Ship John P. Gaines, Type Liberty, Cause Split, Result Sunk, Location Alaska, Deaths Crew 3; AG 1; Army 7
__________________ Spidge,  ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 17-12-2006 at 12:16 PM. | |
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17-12-2006, 09:02 AM
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| As is evident, a dangerous place for ships and merchant mariners. U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged in Pacific Area during World War II Alaskan waters (51 ships) U.S. Ships sunk or damaged on Alaska coast, West coast of U.S., Pacific Ocean area, Philippines, or Okinawa During World War II
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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to the forums Lorraine.|
21-12-2006, 06:06 PM
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| We have a WWII Navy vet residing in our home , and he has shared many stories with us . Mr James Carter was a signalman on a tanker -loaded with fuel -in the Aleutians during summer of 1944. Ships had to bear many storms, with sixty foot seas and cold.
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22-12-2006, 11:44 AM
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| Battle of Barking Creek   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time
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| Hi and welcome. 
__________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. John McClane: "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..." Avatar: SOE (F Section) agent Andree Borrel murdered at Natzweiler Camp 6th July 1944.  |
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