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From Latvia to lobster boats Captain Brizee builds wealth in Maine
Captain Robert Brieze of Fairhaven Massachusetts watches his new 94 foot scallop dragger Rianda slide down the ways in East Boothbay Maine. The $377000 vessel carries 13 crew and is largely financed by Uncle Sam through a 49.75 percent federal stake. Brieze’s voyage began with escape from Soviet and Nazi terror, finding refuge in Sweden and then the United States arriving in Boston in 1950 to become a fisherman and later a skipper.
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Robert Brieze
Fairhaven
Mass
East Boothbay
Soviet Union
Latvia
Brieze
Siberia
Danzig
Milda
Sweden
U.S
Boston
Rianda
Rita
Anna
Diana
Sam
Department of the Interior
Maine
New Bedford