BRITISH NAVY RESCUES NORWEGIAN ISLANDERS. 2 MARCH 1945, GREENOCK. 525 NORWEGIANS, OF THE ISLAND OF SOROY WHO HAD LIVED IN CAVES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THEIR ISLAND TO HIDE FROM GERMAN PATROLS, WERE RESCUED BY FOUR DESTROYERS OF THE HOME FLEET. THE DESTROYERS WENT IN 60 MILES BEHIND GERMAN LINES TO BRING THE ISLANDERS OUT. HERE SOME OF THE ISLANDERS ARRIVE AT GREENOCK. - A Norwegian Officer addressing the Soroy patriots on their arrival in Britain

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