July 28, 1943
Left #1 on the Iris, a Norwegian freight and passenger boat.
The Iris - from www.sjohistorie.no
#1 was the code name of the base that Merton had been staying at. I believe there were 7 in total.
The site warsailors.com has a great page on the history of the Iris including a crew list and convoy records. She rescued several sailors from ships sunk to U Boats over her carrer.
It is these old photos and documents that bring these journal pages to life for me.
The Norwegian site www.sjohistorie.no has another great photo of the ship as well.
In 1943 and 1944, my Grandfather Merton Young traveled to Greenland while working for the Merritt-Chapman & Scott Company. He wrote a brief diary of his journey and this is a piece of that story.
Next Entry – July 30, 1943