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Maritime Monday

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013 Maryann Barnes

Maritime Monday – Peter Doran, and the Sinking of the Steel Voyager, 1943

From our family's World War Two stories, one of the most memorable to me as a child was the story of Peter Doran (1926-2010) being adrift on a lifeboat for a week after his ship sunk. Soon after World War II was over, Peter left his family home in Harrison, NJ and went on a … Continue reading Maritime Monday – Peter Doran, and the Sinking of the Steel Voyager, 1943

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