Letters From Our Boys
(The following is part of a letter written by Sgt. Richard Visser, formerly of Grand Rapids, telling of his desperate struggle to survive a troop-ship disaster in the Mediterranean Sea.) India April 27, 1944 Dear.. You have probably read in many papers such headlines as, “Biggest Troop Disaster in World War II” or “One Thousand Lives Lost”. Yes, this is the experience which I and 999 other men will never forget. About 5 months ago our outfit embarked on a ship which was harboring in some...