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Fish · 12-20-06, 05:55 PM

My granddad and his brother both were minehunters in WW II, both skipper on a overhauled fishing trawler. His brother died in the UK due to heart failure in 1944. My granddad, that time, was minesweeping in the river Schelde when the Germans and the Ganadians where battling each other from both sides of the river. The vessel was hit by machinegun fire while the mines exploding.
They drew a line between two vessels to cut of the moored mines and hammer a kangoo on the deck for mines listning for machine sound.
Before he go, he wrote a goodby letter to his wife.
Must have been heavy.

12-20-06, 05:55 PM	#8
Fish Eternal Patrol Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,923 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My granddad and his brother both were minehunters in WW II, both skipper on a overhauled fishing trawler. His brother died in the UK due to heart failure in 1944. My granddad, that time, was minesweeping in the river Schelde when the Germans and the Ganadians where battling each other from both sides of the river. The vessel was hit by machinegun fire while the mines exploding. They drew a line between two vessels to cut of the moored mines and hammer a kangoo on the deck for mines listning for machine sound. Before he go, he wrote a goodby letter to his wife. Must have been heavy. Last edited by Fish; 12-22-06 at 10:57 AM.