America in WWII - (Page 23) heading upriver—unusual, because most headed out of the Great Lakes system. Since its launch in 1912, the palatial fourstacker overnight passenger ship Seeandbee, of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company, had carried happy holidayers on extended trips from Buffalo to Duluth (and intermediary ports). The war, however, drastically changed priorities. The Great Lakes paddlewheel liner was hastily cut down, converted to an aircraft carrier, and sent to Lake Michigan, where she would be based. A wave of curious observers onshore followed the unique vessel north, as Original and Reproduction WWII German Medals, Insignias & Accessories 26741 Portola Parkway #1E-411, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 949-305-1973 • www.landser.com Valor Tours, Ltd. FOCUSED EXPEDITIONS Tours and Expeditions to WWII Battlefields for Veterans, their sons, daughters, grandchildren and history buffs. CHICAGO MARITIME SOCIETY COLLECTION MANN HISTORICAL FILES Don Dencker at Leyte, Philippines German Battery, Normandy did a host of in-water escorts. With the St. Clair River being a busy strategic waterway, it was essential that the rather narrow channel not be impaired. A blockage nearly happened in the summer of 1943. The new lend-lease merchant ship William Brewster, built in Superior, Wisconsin, was heading downstream at one of the narrowest spots in the river, at Harsen’s Island near Algonac, Michigan (home of Chris-Craft Corp., pleasure boat builders Here • • • • • • • • • • • is just a sample of our upcoming tours: North African Campaign cruise/tour Veterans Day on Saipan with Guam & Tinian World War II Pacific Campaign Cruise Ghost Soldiers of Bataan to the Philippines Memorial Day tour to the Philippines Reunion of Honor Iwo Jima tour D-Day Normandy Invasion Battle of the Bulge & Eagle’s Nest WWI tour through France Return to Guadalcanal 65th Anniversary Invasion of Tarawa Valor Tours, Ltd. 10 Liberty Ship Way • Sausalito, CA 94965 1-800-842-4504 or email valortours@msn.com www.valortours.com OCTOBER 2007 AMERICA IN WWII 23
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