BRITISH NAVY RESCUED NORWEGIAN ISLANDERS. 27 FEBRUARY 1945, ON BOARD HMS ONSLAUGHT, AT GOUROCK. 525 NORWEGIANS, WHO HAD BEEN HIDING FROM GERMAN PATROLS IN CAVES ON THE SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS OF SOROY ISLAND FOR THREE MONTHS, WERE RESCUED BY FOUR BRITISH DESTROYERS OF THE HOME FLEET WHO RACED IN, 60 MILES BEHIND ENEMY LINES AND TOOK THEM SAFELY TO A BRITISH PORT (GOUROCK). - An 80 year old Norwegian woman, injured and suffering from exposure being carried off the ONSLAUGHT

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