Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Little known history
Thank you Eric! Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 9:35 AM, luiznoia . noblankt...@gmail.com wrote: From the book Battle Starts for the Cactus Navy, by David Bruhn, he describes the tuna clippers and their mostly Portuguese captains in WW2 . begin at page 5- Fishing Vessels to the fore. It describes their involvement in the battle at Guadalcanal http://www.davidbruhn.com/Chapter1BattleStars.pdf http://www.davidbruhn.com/Chapter1BattleStars.pdf Eric Edgar On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Herb herbandj...@verizon.net wrote: 73 years ago... December 7, 1941 after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 47 Portuguese Tuna boats were converted into war ships and 600 Portuguese/Azoreans in San Diego and Hawaii were commissioned to serve the United States. Azorean Fishermen became American warriors.Today we pay Tribute to their courage and contribution to this country! -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Little known history
This is from the San Diego Historical Association ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM An interview with Joaquin (Jack) S. Theodore, 1905- done on February 29, 1992 It contains the audio file . He was a crew member of the Uncle Sam used in the Solomon Islands. His ship was landing Marines behind Japanese lines when the boat was sunk ans he was wounded. http://libraries.ucsd.edu/ark:/20775/bb7134312z/1-1.html Eric Edgar On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Herb herbandj...@verizon.net wrote: 73 years ago... December 7, 1941 after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 47 Portuguese Tuna boats were converted into war ships and 600 Portuguese/Azoreans in San Diego and Hawaii were commissioned to serve the United States. Azorean Fishermen became American warriors.Today we pay Tribute to their courage and contribution to this country! -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Little known history
Thanks Eric, I don't think my guy lived past 12/7/1941. He's listed as a civilian casualty. On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 12:39:00 PM UTC-5, luiznoia wrote: From the book Battle Starts for the Cactus Navy, by David Bruhn, he describes the tuna clippers and their mostly Portuguese captains in WW2 . begin at page 5- Fishing Vessels to the fore. It describes their involvement in the battle at Guadalcanal http://www.davidbruhn.com/Chapter1BattleStars.pdf http://www.davidbruhn.com/Chapter1BattleStars.pdf Eric Edgar On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Herb herba...@verizon.net javascript: wrote: 73 years ago... December 7, 1941 after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 47 Portuguese Tuna boats were converted into war ships and 600 Portuguese/Azoreans in San Diego and Hawaii were commissioned to serve the United States. Azorean Fishermen became American warriors.Today we pay Tribute to their courage and contribution to this country! -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+un...@googlegroups.com javascript:. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
[AZORES-Genealogy] Little known history
73 years ago... December 7, 1941 after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 47 Portuguese Tuna boats were converted into war ships and 600 Portuguese/Azoreans in San Diego and Hawaii were commissioned to serve the United States. Azorean Fishermen became American warriors.Today we pay Tribute to their courage and contribution to this country! -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Little known history
Thank you for sharing! On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Herb herbandj...@verizon.net wrote: 73 years ago... December 7, 1941 after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 47 Portuguese Tuna boats were converted into war ships and 600 Portuguese/Azoreans in San Diego and Hawaii were commissioned to serve the United States. Azorean Fishermen became American warriors.Today we pay Tribute to their courage and contribution to this country! -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- www.georgepacheco.com -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Little known history
I had heard that before but it is nice to see the actual numbers and to honor them. Thank you. -Original Message- From: George Pacheco bretanha1...@gmail.com To: Azores-Gen azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Dec 8, 2014 7:35 pm Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Little known history Thank you for sharing! On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Herb herbandj...@verizon.net wrote: 73 years ago... December 7, 1941 after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 47 Portuguese Tuna boats were converted into war ships and 600 Portuguese/Azoreans in San Diego and Hawaii were commissioned to serve the United States. Azorean Fishermen became American warriors.Today we pay Tribute to their courage and contribution to this country! -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- www.georgepacheco.com -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Azores Genealogy group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
