Ed & Ray Hersman in WWII - Robert Marks.org

3.5. EUROPE Ed & Ray Hersman in WWIIFigure 3.3: LEFT: British Sunderland flying boat. RIGHT: Mount Snowdon,the highest mountain in Wales.we were given smoked fish which were plain spoiled, I don’t believe a singlefish was eaten. Another favorite was a very thin oatmeal called poorage. Wecould have tea any time we wanted it but this wasn’t very good either. Oneday we were ordered off the decks and we could hear depth charging not faraway. We were told we could go back on deck in a few minutes and saw adestroyer signaling. The loudspeaker announced that the destroyer had justsunk a submarine.One day a British Sunderland flying boat (see Figure 3.3) flew over theconvoy and a short while later we saw the coast of Ireland.3.5.2 Across EnglandWe arrived at Liverpool 5 (Wales) and loaded into trains.The English trains look almost like toys when compared with Americantrains and are boarded through doors that open directly into compartments.We went into the mountains of Wales from Liverpool, and without furtherado started on hikes over them.We hiked through Welsh coal towns in the mountains. These towns names5 See the map in Figure 3.4.35