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Life in a Corvette A B Lang recalls four years at sea
Able Seaman Donald Lang tells of Pacific service on the Faye C. and Norman and his longer stint aboard Cessnock. He describes convoy duty, anti-submarine work, and life in India and Burma, then the Leyte and Tokyo Bay campaigns. The Corsnet later patrolled Pacific waters and Hong Kong, ending with refit in Australia ahead of sale to the Dutch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lang
Donald Lang
Cloncurry
Pacific
Faye C
Norman
South-east Asia Command
Cessnock
Mediterranean
A.B. Lang
Cemmock
Royal Navy
Ashley
Bay of Bengal
AB. Lang
Burma
14Th Army
Alma
A.b.lang
Mount Everest
Darjeeling
Mount Kinchinjungs
Himalayas
Darjeelng
Nepal
India
Admiralty Islands
Leyte
Bref
Melbourne
Admiralty
Japan
A.B. Ling
Suba
Omer
Davy Jones
Toko Bay
Warahiga
Sid AB. Lang
Duke of York
Missouri
Hong Kong
Okinawa
Mount Cameron
Harcourt
Ak‘iled
Anley
Autralia
Inez Hime
Mordial
Borneo
Ogee
Zamboanga
B. Lang
Hilimen
Philippines
Bandjermasin
Balikpapan
Denmark
Jungle
Gulf of Borneo
A.B. Liang