Archive for February 17th, 2012

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    Letters From Bill – Sept. 19, 1944

    February 17, 2012 by Dan Black
    Dear Mom, Dad, Sis and Jack the Commando, Another swell day folks with three letters from you…Guess I missed all the fun back there.  Three weddings since I left that I sure wanted to attend, but it is too late now. The old love bug...
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    The Battle Of The St. Lawrence Begins: Navy, Part 49

    February 17, 2012 by Marc Milner
    In the early morning darkness of May 12, 1942, U-553, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Karl Thurmann, sank the steamers Nicoya and Leto, 16 kilometres off the Gaspé coast. Thurmann had pursued the 5,364-ton British freighter Nicoya for roughly an hour before the first torpedo struck. In...