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        "Wooldridge, Glenwood F., 1893-1977",
        "Miles, John L., 1878-1961",
        "Spina, Frank E., 1887-1972",
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    "ocrText": "11 It was about eight oclock that might\nwhen we boarded a good looking ship with\nlines that spilled speed. Her name was Vifer\nfive Knots an hour. Itwas not a large Shift\nand she looked the part for she made twenty\nfor, only being a channel boat, she had no no plufing\nquartire, so the men were packed on like\nand we had plenty of escorts as small fishing boats\nsardinis. # We soon fulled out for Francy\nand destroyers hovered around us all night If\nto go below deck and it soon turned cold once\nwas one innereable night, asime were fouldden\nwe cleared of the shore. Men began to unroll their\nroom enough to stretch out. Foumy part 1 curled\nrolls and make their bunks anywhere they found\nup around the smoke stack and rested my weary\nlones on an iron grating about sex feet above the\nroom. Well! It was a case of roast on one side\ndeck, which serveda as an opening to the engine\nmuch black by morning, but at that it was\nand freeze on the other, and believe me _ wasn't\nbetter than standing up.\nWe hiked at once to a rest camp, which we\nat daybucky we found ourselves in La Harve.\nentirely have of unders and was the dirtrest clean place\nnamed ander Camp. This camp is made\nwe ever been in.\nHe we had English rations again with\nan occasional \"cup o' ta to go with suo cheese."
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