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A Cambridge City Sailor's Year in the Navy
A Cambridge City correspondent recalls a year in the Navy, training at Great Lakes and Hampton Roads, serving on the U S S Rhode Island, then joining the Armed Guard. He sails a British convoy to England, witnesses the Arca's torpedoing, and notes camaraderie with Limies, sea dangers, and brief stops in England and France.
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The
Tribune
Cambridge City
Great Lakes
Hampton Roads
U. S. S. Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Navy
Armed Guard
America
Germany
Naval Service
England
Ireland
Atlantic
Arca
Frances H
France
Liverpool
la Rochelle
Mae
the Tribune
Cambridge
Robert L. Beard
Seaman Signalman
U. S. N. Navy
Norfolk