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Volume 1 - No. 14 - December 16, 1939

I Was There! - We Weathered A Gale in Open Boats

Dec1939

I Was There! - We Weathered A Gale in Open Boats

When the British steamer "Arlington Court" was torpedoed in the Atlantic, twenty-two of the crew were in an open boat for four days and seven others for six days before being picked up. Their stories,

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Full index of this magazine

  • Jottings from My Wartime Diary
  • Raid and Reconnaissance in a Wintry Scene
  • Above Ground and Below in Germany's 'Westwall'
  • Swastika Over Britain: A Tale of Failure
  • These Are the Fighters That Routed the Raiders
  • Warsaw is Now a 'City of Dreadful Night'
  • Poland Still Lives and Fights in France
  • 'Everywhere Activity, Everywhere Mud'
  • Stalin Makes Foul War on Gallant Finland
  • Finland Defies the Russian Bully
  • Words That History Will Remember
  • Things You May Not Know
  • Britain Hits Back at the Mine-Laying 'Planes
  • 'To Defend Freedom & To Establish Peace'
  • 'Rawalpindi' Went Down With Colours Flying
  • They Watch and Wait for Endless Hours
  • 'Mail Up!' is the Call Soldiers Like Most to Hear
  • I Was There! - We Scanned the Sea for Mines and U-Boats
  • I Was There! - Our Ship Could Not Sail Home
  • I Was There! - We Weathered A Gale in Open Boats
  • I Was There! - 'U-Boat Men Not All Heartless Murderers'
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Shadows on the Lake
  • Easy French Phrases for British Soldiers - 3.