Hello, I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry Ward Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to be a daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after fighting in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and barber shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis (Quisling in this first issue). I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? "In a special statement given to your correspondent yesterday, Captain John J. Tvedt welcomed over 500 Enlisted Men and Officers bound for home and discharge, aboard his ship." "A mild, soft speaking gentleman is Captain Tvedt whose home and birthplace is Mobile Ala., he was born 3 September 1896 in an old seafaring family....Up to ten years ago, when he decided to discontinue counting the number of miles of sea he covered, the skipper had 250,000 miles of water travel to his credit....The skipper has been in a number of tropical hurricanes and in 1931 his ship lost its propeller in a rough sea. At another time his vessel lost a rudder. In 1942 two ships in a convoy in which our Skipper had his boat were torpedoed. But in every case the Skipper and his ship came through with flags flying high. ....This is the second load of returning troops that the SS Beecher has carried and Captain Tvedt says that even though it is more work than carrying a cargo of coal, it's a hell of a lot more fun and a real pleasure to carry Army Personnel back to the States and to their homes."

Also the ones that have the names and where they were borm/from, may I post that to the list, i.e. this one to the Alabama list, since this Capt John Tvede was born in Mobile, Al and I am sure somebody is doing genealogy on this name, I would see that you receive all credit. delilah evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edith Bartley" <edith.bartley@worldnet.att.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:34 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Names from SS Beecher, October 10, 1945 | Hello, | | I purchased from ebay several copies of the Beecher Bugle, since Henry Ward | Beecher was the founding pastor of my church. But it turned out to be a | daily newsletter from the S.S. Henry Ward Beecher, from October 10 to | October 17, 1945, as it brought U.S. troops home from Europe after fighting | in World War II. It was not a Daily Bulletin; no official | announcements. Just things like the movie schedule, the library and barber | shop hours, the World Series scores, the fate of various Nazis (Quisling in | this first issue). | I'll post the soldiers' names and related data, one day at a time. The | ship left from Antwerp and went to New York City. | | I want to donate these newsletters somewhere--any suggestions? | | "In a special statement given to your correspondent yesterday, Captain John | J. Tvedt welcomed over 500 Enlisted Men and Officers bound for home and | discharge, aboard his ship." | | "A mild, soft speaking gentleman is Captain Tvedt whose home and birthplace | is Mobile Ala., he was born 3 September 1896 in an old seafaring | family....Up to ten years ago, when he decided to discontinue counting the | number of miles of sea he covered, the skipper had 250,000 miles of water | travel to his credit....The skipper has been in a number of tropical | hurricanes and in 1931 his ship lost its propeller in a rough sea. At | another time his vessel lost a rudder. In 1942 two ships in a convoy in | which our Skipper had his boat were torpedoed. But in every case the | Skipper and his ship came through with flags flying high. ....This is the | second load of returning troops that the SS Beecher has carried and Captain | Tvedt says that even though it is more work than carrying a cargo of coal, | it's a hell of a lot more fun and a real pleasure to carry Army Personnel | back to the States and to their homes." | | | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the | last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx |