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Peoples WAR

Merchant Navy Sea Fair experience 1941 —1946

Below are eight short summaries of experiences serving for the Merchant Sea Navy for which I have paperwork evidence off.

I can go into more detail for any of the stories.

Contact details.

Kenneth Ballard
12 Greenhill Close
Weston-super-Mare
BS22 7PE

01934 512914

1.
SS Spero from Bristol to Boston Mass US 28 days through continued engine breakdowns, submarine infested waters, incredible passage across, miraculous escape. Paper evidence available.

2.
King Hakin of Norway Medal for service to Norway. 1941-44

3.
Visit to Greenland. The port ivitat carrying American aircraft hangers portable, could not leave through icebergs for two weeks.

4.
German landing to set up radio intelligence in Greenland. Sending convoy movements to submarines. American force destroyed base wiping out the German intelligence force.

5.
Halifax nova scotia recruitment in Canada picked up drunk sailors and put on board to make up crew for sailing next morning. Massive munitions dump underground which if ignited would eliminate the town of Halifax.

6.
Convoys 32 of 64 ships lost march 1943 south of Iceland
The worst period of sinkings of supplies to our country

7.
Saw sinkings in Caribbean. Saw people floating by after sinking four miles from US shore by German U-boats taking vital oil supplies to the bottom of the sea.

8.
My survival after torpedoing of MS Brant County and miraculous story.

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