[smn745]

I served aboard,
General Upshur, General GIEGER, Gneral Gibbons, Pvt. Baltchford,General Maurice Rose, General Simon B. Buckner.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The ships I sailed on more or less in order;

Mason M. Patrick (nicknamed the Micky Mouse)
William Darby (twice)
G. M. Randall
E. D. Patrick
W. A. Mann

One of these old girls split in two while tied to a dock in the US in the early 1950s. It was raised, welded back together and continued its service into the Viet Nam era.

I can't find a reference to the name of the ship but my dad told the story and believed it to be true.

Our family was stationed in Japan in the 50s...

[Ax]

I knew a bunch of soldiers who made the crossing from NJ to Bremerhaven. As an airman, i managed to cross both oceans on MATS-chartered aircraft, and managed to keep all my meals down.