Dear Editor:
Your photo of the stern of a liberty ship kept me awake with nostalgia and regret at the notion of this bit of history being scrapped. I was crew of the Liberty Ship S.S. Samshee (British registry) sitting in Eniwetok Atoll as part of the supply fleet for the eventual invasion of Japan.
The atom bomb changed the plans and we were rerouted to Singapore.That bit of history you have should be restored and buried to the waterline as a lookout point in one of our beautiful waterfront parks. Visitors could lean on the rail and contemplate the ocean after reading an information board about the magic of the liberty ship construction project in the Second World War with a picture of the fully restored vessel that the merchant marine volunteers operate in California. Can't remember its name. Don't scrap history. Use it!
Alan May
Cobble Hill, B.C.
