{"id":377,"date":"2013-09-18T19:46:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T19:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/boyerarchives\/?p=377"},"modified":"2013-09-19T20:47:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T20:47:50","slug":"ernie-at-sea-land-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/boyerarchives\/2013\/09\/18\/ernie-at-sea-land-ho\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernie at Sea: Land Ho!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We last left Ernest Boyer and the crew of the liberty ship, Wesley Barrett, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean heading to Europe. \u00a0After two weeks at sea, land is finally spotted – the countryside of England. \u00a0Read Ernie’s next five entries as he describes entering the English Channel and continuing on through the North Sea before reaching his ultimate destination, Poland:<\/p>\n

Sunday, June 23, 1946 \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Today was the day!\u00a0 We had entered the English Channel about midnight last night.\u00a0 Although it was foggy earlier it lifted about 9:45 A.M. and we got the first sight of land.\u00a0 It was a point on the English coast called Lizards Point.\u00a0 It was very pretty and we could see farms and pasture land.\u00a0 Had our Sunday Services on deck after dinner.\u00a0 We were also given a short talk on what to do and what not to do in a foreign part.\u00a0 Almost rammed another boat this evening.\u00a0 Wrote home and to Kay because we were to stop for a pilot at Dover who would take us through the channel.<\/em><\/p>\n

Monday, June 24, 1946 \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cool cloudy today.\u00a0 It rained this afternoon.\u00a0 We saw the coast of England again today and around ten o\u2019clock we saw the white cliffs of Dover.\u00a0 It was almost hard to believe I was viewing a spot I had heard so much about.\u00a0 They were very impressive as seen through the mist and fog of morning.\u00a0 About 10:30 we dropped anchor at Dover.\u00a0 At this point our pilot got off and took our letters ashore.\u00a0 Since we were anchored we had a good view of land.\u00a0 We entered the North Sea late this afternoon.\u00a0 Some of the fellows\u00a0 are getting sick again.\u00a0 The percer says it is probably due to the change of climate.\u00a0 I have been getting along O.K. though.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday, June 25, 1946 \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Two cows died today.\u00a0 It will probably not prove of interest later on but it is important news on ship.\u00a0 We took on a German Pilot to guide us through North Sea since this area is heavily mined.\u00a0 We saw many sunken ships which was proof of the fact.\u00a0 Around seven o\u2019clock we could see the German coast and around nine o\u2019clock we entered the Elbe River.\u00a0 After going down the Elbe for about three hours we came to the entrance of the Kiel Kanal.\u00a0 There we were so near land we could almost touch it.\u00a0 Men flocked around the boat trying to trade all sorts of things for cigarettes.\u00a0 I stayed up until about one but finally retired knowing I had to get up at six.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday, June 26, 1946 \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is a clear warm day.\u00a0 This proved one of the most interesting days of the trip.\u00a0 We spent nearly all morning going through the Kiel.\u00a0 We past the very beautiful part of German countryside.\u00a0 Children ran down to the waters edge and we threw them oranges and apples.\u00a0 Leaving the Kanal we entered the Kiel Bay at the City of Kiel Germany. \u00a0We entered the Baltic Sea this afternoon.\u00a0 Mr. Templeton, one of our foreman has become very ill.\u00a0 Our destination is not far off.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, June 27, 1946 \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cloudy this morning.\u00a0 It rained about dinnertime.\u00a0 We saw land about suppertime and at 8:00 P.M. we entered the Harbor of Newport, Poland.\u00a0 A tug took us in and docked.\u00a0 Polish officers entered the boat with Tommy-guns strapped to their backs.\u00a0 It seemed like about every officer or soldier carried a rifle or something.\u00a0 They had a hard time finding the stowaway.\u00a0 We stayed up late mainly because our bunkroom was filled with Poles trying to trade off cameras, binoculars etc. for cigarettes.\u00a0 We finally got to bed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Images and journal entries taken from a scrapbook of Boyer’s experience (catalog # 1000 0001 4085<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Part 1.<\/a> Part 2.<\/a> Part 3.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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