two conincidenrs in one month

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In late 1941 travelled in a troopship to Halifax Nova Scotia. There embarked on American transport (They were still neutral). The ship had bcome the USS Wakefield but I had travelled to the USA in 1939 to visit friends when the ship was the USS Manhatten. Later, somewhere in South Atlantic I was having a chat with a young American officer about my own age then 22. I told him about my prewar trip to the USA. He asked where I had been and then the name of the people I stayed with. I told him. They are ny parents best friends he said. We kept in touch for many years after the war.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:01:34 +0000Coincidence ID:5196