Letter from Orville W. Faulkner, 1945-06:

Faulkner recounts his service history. He was stationed on the USS SC-1301 (a submarine chaser) in Boston, which worked out of Portland, Maine when four German U-Boats surrendered there. The ship then relocated to Newfoundland. "My duties on here consist of supply officer, engineering officer,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Faulkner, Orville W. (author), Post, Lauren (Recipient)
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1945
Subjects:
World War II > Censorship
World War II > Navy > Submarine chasers
World War II > Navy > Submarines
World War II > Surrenders > Germany
World War II > Training
World War II > U-boats
United States Naval Reserve
United States Navy
USS SC-1301
Canada
Newfoundland
Orville
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:63942
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Summary:Faulkner recounts his service history. He was stationed on the USS SC-1301 (a submarine chaser) in Boston, which worked out of Portland, Maine when four German U-Boats surrendered there. The ship then relocated to Newfoundland. "My duties on here consist of supply officer, engineering officer, censoring officer, welfare and recreation officer and commissary officer." Lauren C. Post Box 8, Folder 7; May 10 all German U-boats were to surrender--see http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=4048 (9/30/2015); 4 U-boats surrendered at Portland May 7: http://www.someoldnews.com/?p=954

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