BRITISH NAVY RESCUES NORWEGIAN ISLANDERS. 1 MARCH 1945, GOUROCK. 525 NORWEGIANS OF THE ISLAND OF SOROY, WHO HAD BEEN LIVING IN CAVES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THEIR ISLAND TO AVOID GERMAN PATROLS, WERE RESCUED BY FOUR DESTROYERS OF THE HOME FLEET. THE DESTROYERS WENT IN 60 MILES BEHIND ENEMY LINES TO PICK THEM UP. HMS ZEALOUS RETURNING TO BRITAIN WITH SOME OF THE NORWEGIANS ABOARD. - Norwegian islanders on their arrival

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