Our Neighbors Stories
Lester Bishop 5
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We set the stage for the whole convoy; our ship did, because it was the slowest.
nine knots, I think we cruised at. And it, just boiling hot, you know. You couldn’t exist below deck without breaking out into a sweat. we didn’t need to worry about torpedoes because the only thing holding the water out was paint, just umpteen coats of paint. And that wouldn’t be stiff enough to detonate the torpedoes, it would just go on through.
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Lester Bishop 5
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nine knots, I think we cruised at. And it, just boiling hot, you know. You couldn’t exist below deck without breaking out into a sweat. we didn’t need to worry about torpedoes because the only thing holding the water out was paint, just umpteen coats of paint. And that wouldn’t be stiff enough to detonate the torpedoes, it would just go on through.
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