Thank you Eric! Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 9:35 AM, luiznoia . <[email protected]> wrote: > From the book Battle Starts for the Cactus Navy, by David Bruhn, he > describes the " tuna clippers" and their mostly Portuguese captains in WW2 > . > > begin at page 5- Fishing Vessels to the fore. It describes their > involvement in the battle at Guadalcanal > > <http://www.davidbruhn.com/Chapter1BattleStars.pdf> > http://www.davidbruhn.com/Chapter1BattleStars.pdf > > > Eric Edgar > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Herb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 73 years ago... December 7, 1941 after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 47 >> Portuguese Tuna boats were converted into war ships and 600 >> Portuguese/Azoreans in San Diego and Hawaii were commissioned to serve the >> United States. Azorean Fishermen became American warriors.Today we pay >> Tribute to their courage and contribution to this country! >> >> -- >> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the >> right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my >> membership." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
