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Julian S. Plowy
James,
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I have a large collection of information on the families that were in Santa Rosa Mexico. I would be very happy to send it to you on a CD. I ask that at some time in the future you might share some information with me so that I can add it to my collection and continue to share it with others. I also have a picture of the Hermitage plus the captains log and also the port and news articles in the US regarding the Poles and their route to Santa Rosa. Plus much more information. Julek -----Original Message-----
From: jimo_92103 [mailto:jimo_92103@...] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 6:27 PM To: Kresy-Siberia@... Subject: [Kresy-Siberia] Photo of USS Hermitage. I added a photo of the Uss Hermitage to the Photo album. My mother was one of the 700 Orphans on the USS Hermitage mentioned in "A Brief Sun" and other publications. We visited Captain Townsend at his home in about 1965. He was very moved that my mother went through so much trouble to find him. He gave her a copy of the ship's log which I still have today. Her name was Aniela Kaczon and she traveled alone on the ship and was about 5 or 6 years old. One of her sisters, Rose stayed behind in New Zealand and the rest of the surviving family eventually joined her. We visited them in 1973. My mother was left in a Tehran (1943?)deathly sick and was separated from her surviving family. She spoke very kindly of a young British Officer in Tehran that looked after her. He referred to the British Army camp as "The Country Club" and he made her miserable situation as bearable as he could. He was very kind to her and made her laugh again and she never forgot him. Her Parents died in Siberia and she left the camp with her siblings. The older ones joined up with Anders and fought at Monte Casino. My mother made it to the USS Hermitage in Bombay. She ended up in Mexico at Colonia Santa Rosa. I will submit more photo's you may like to see. Happy Holidays and Peace to all. James O'Toole * KRESY-SIBERIA GROUP = RESEARCH REMEMBRANCE RECOGNITION "Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two." * Discussion site : Gallery (photos, documents) : Film and info : * To SUBSCRIBE to the discussion group, send an e-mail saying who you are and describing your interest in the group to: Kresy-Siberia-owner@... * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to |
