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Transports and Troops Sailors Share Life Aboard German Liner Converted War Vessel
Reports from the Atlantic describe how transports converted from German liners function as moving villages. Soldiers and crew organize amusements and concerts while routines adapt for sea conditions and submarine threats. Readers learn of The Hatchet newspaper on board and scenes of life crossing the Atlantic toward France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Electrie Quarters
Mesa Hall
France
Christopher Columbus
Europe
St. Seret
Leavitt Tilley
South Dakota
Battle Line
Tansport
Atlantic
Sergt. Tilley
Eck
All World News
Oatchet
New York
Long Island
South Infantry
Martin
Nelson
Hamelin