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Woolf, Basil Air Raids on Britain
Basil Woolf was in London for some of the German bombing. He was home on leave and found his fiancé in an air raid shelter in the backyard.
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Woolf, Basil Back to England and Fish and Chips
Basil Woolf and his landing craft [Annotator's Note: LCH-269] helped support troop landings in Sicily and Italy.
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Woolf, Basil Bananas in Wartime
Basil Woolf returned from North Africa on his landing craft [Annotator's Note: LCH-269] and voyaged to England.
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Woolf, Basil Becoming a Sailor in the Royal Navy
Basil Woolf joined the British Navy in May 1941. He was called up in October 1941 and his parents had a fit. His father was a World War 1 veteran.
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Woolf, Basil Canned Food and Waterproof Cigarettes
The refrigerator did not work on the landing craft that carried Basil Woolf across the Atlantic. It was repaired, but there was no gas to fill it.
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Woolf, Basil Early Life
Basil Woolf was born in Hackney in London, England in 1923. It was a nice place with large homes. The area is not so nice today.
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Woolf, Basil Experiences in Algiers
Basil Woolf recollects that the Jewish organization that recruited him as a landing craft engine room operator after World War 2 was the Tvy Leumi.
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Woolf, Basil Extremist Jews
Basil Woolf used local labor to help clean parts of the landing craft engines. The local help was assigned to him.
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Woolf, Basil German Vengeance Weapons
Basil Woolf experienced the buzz bomb [Annotator's Note: German V-1 rocket bomb] attacks perpetrated by Germany on England while he was on lea
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Woolf, Basil Hating the Germans
Since the war, Basil Woolf never met a German who would admit to him that they were a Nazi.
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Woolf, Basil North Africa
Basil Woolf left Mers-el-Kébir and went to a place called Digelli.
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Woolf, Basil North Sea Attacks
Basil Woolf and his landing craft [Annotator's Note: LCH-269] left Poole and headed east.