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And you put your hand in there . . .

And you put your hand in there . . .

Mr. Stewart describes his enlistment and deployment in the United States Navy.

Basically they looked tired

Basically they looked tired

Mr. Stewart describes the commissioning of the SS Europa and his impressions of the troops being transported home.

It wasn't the navy way

It wasn't the navy way

Mr. Stewart discusses different aspects of basic training.

We looked after one boiler

We looked after one boiler

Mr. Stewart compares experiences on deck and in the engine room.

They don't check your ankles

They don't check your ankles

Mr. Stewart talks about the Black Market and bartering for goods and services.

They travelled two hundred yards apart

They travelled two hundred yards apart

Mr. Stewart describes the changing makeup of convoys at sea.

It was just rubble

It was just rubble

Mr. Stewart life in Bremerhaven, Germany after a bombing raid.

Two swimming pools filled with sand

Two swimming pools filled with sand

Mr. Stewart compares the spartan environment of the Liberty ship ‘SS Elgin Victory’ to the plush troop carrier ‘SS Europa’

Who wants to remember that?

Who wants to remember that?

Mr. Stewart describes the desperation of the hungry in Bremerhaven, Germany.

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