Marshall County in the World War, 1917-1918 : a pictorial history of the community's participation in all wartime activities with a complete roster of soldiers and sailors in service . thick we could not see anything. We could heara plenty, though, because many of the mines went ofi^ as soon as the saltwater melted away the last safety precaution. The destroyers beat it for home on this first expedition and we wereleft to our own resources. Twice during that night we almost collidedwith ships but got away clean. We made thirteen mine-laying trips and all contained exciting inci-dents, returnin
Marshall County in the World War, 1917-1918 : a pictorial history of the community's participation in all wartime activities with a complete roster of soldiers and sailors in service . thick we could not see anything. We could heara plenty, though, because many of the mines went ofi^ as soon as the saltwater melted away the last safety precaution. The destroyers beat it for home on this first expedition and we wereleft to our own resources. Twice during that night we almost collidedwith ships but got away clean. We made thirteen mine-laying trips and all contained exciting inci-dents, returning each time to Inverness, where Naval Base No. 18 islocated. After one trip we went down to Newcastle-on-tyne, England, andwent into dry dock for repairs and some big feeds. After one week therewe came back to Invergordon and it certainly seemed dead. Well, without giving details, we have fourteen big stars painted onthe head of our pilot, representing fourteen German submarines destroyedor captured, credited to the Shawmut. The survey ship came in yesterday and I understand we are going tohave seventeen stars on our Thanksgiving menu — some Thanksgivingparty. Page Eighty-two. MRS. A. C. BURGESS(Red Cross) ^r
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