Ed & Ray Hersman in WWII - Robert Marks.org
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Ed & Ray Hersman in WWII - Robert Marks.org
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3.5. EUROPE <strong>Ed</strong> & <strong>Ray</strong> <strong>Hersman</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>WWII</strong>Figure 3.1: Times Square <strong>in</strong> New York City <strong>in</strong> 1940 (LEFT) and today(RIGHT).One of the men kept <strong>in</strong>sist<strong>in</strong>g we visit the Bowery. We went there viathe subway but saw no derelicts or human flotsam.The men I was with were drunk by now and I had my hands full. I lostone of the men <strong>in</strong> the subway station. We boarded a tra<strong>in</strong> and when I lookedaround he was gone. I looked and saw him on the platform argu<strong>in</strong>g over thefare. I never did f<strong>in</strong>d out how he got back to Camp.3.5 EuropeWe embarked on a British ship with a H<strong>in</strong>du crew, bound for England. I donot remember the name of this ship.3.5.1 Across the AtlanticThe ship was <strong>in</strong> a convoy with dozens of other ships. A big cruiser was <strong>in</strong>front of us and a battleship, the USS Texas, 4 was beh<strong>in</strong>d us. We slept <strong>in</strong>hammocks and I had trouble with m<strong>in</strong>e the first night. The hammocks were4 See Figure 3.2.33
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