Clifford was married to Aurelia Nell Parsons and had a daughter, Merle and a son, Hazen(?). After the War my hometown erected a monument to honor the men who had died in service from my town. Orient. I remember November 11, 1918 very well. We could see, over the right, a great high cliff of rocks, not more than a half-mile away, but no hope there, as we knew we would be dashed to death against the rocks. Port of arrival. His father, John Lauch, 248 West Forrer St., Lockland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Was assigned to the Spetember Automatic Replacement Draft and was drowned on the Otranto when she was sunk on October 6. Generally, in our experience, cards give more biographical information than their matching lists. She took part in the invasions of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Sicily (Operation Husky) and Italy (Operation Avalanche). He told me about it only once, and only briefly, when I was a teenager, in response to my question as to his military experience. In each case, viewing the image of the passenger list will reveal the exact term used and the precise destination of the passenger. Read tagging guidelines. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. The wave seemed like huge mountains. Clifford Ardell Carpenter - Born 21 October 1876 in Oconomowoc, WI, died 6 October 1918 off the Coast of Scotland during the sinking of the Otranto. I remember my Grandmother complaining there was no white flour only brown, I remember seeing maple syrup in cans shaped like a log cabin with the chimney a pouring spout, that was used in place of sugar. Edward Lewis Williams was aboard the HMS Otranto when it sank. Forces. National Work Council. If you want to search all ports within a destination country, do not select a destination port. Journey to Australia: Tall Trees Family History DEPARTURES: 1822-1869 London, England Liverpool, England Blair Witch launched the "found footage" horror trope and Otranto inaugurated the "Gothic." Interestingly enough, Otranto also employs a "found footage" gimmick with its first edition, pretending that the original manuscript was hundreds of years old, unearthed from the . Vessel. BT - Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies Division within BT - Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments BT 26 - Board of Trade:. There is a header, providing details about the ship and its voyage. PASSENGER LISTS Journey to Australia Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild THE COMPASS PASSENGER LISTS If you find a ship you would like to research you will find the URL link under the site name and also at the bottom of the page. Such duplicates were written out again by hand (not produced using carbon paper). Her tonnages were 20,032gross register tons(GRT), 12,031net register tons(NRT) and 12,228 tons under deck. He enlisted into the Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 18 years 1 month old. The dead were buried with military honors in a cemetery in Kilchoman on Islay. Pvt. You can search these arrival records in our collection. The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. His father, Samuel Dull of Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Notes. His father, Frank Kish of 2885 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Early passenger lists typically include the name of the ship, the names of passengers, ages, ports of arrival and departure, date, country of origin, and occupation. She reported to Admiral Cradock in his flagship, HMS Good Hope and then made her escape as she was no match for the German guns. The SS Rhein is listed among the following 14 sister-ships: Hermann 1865, 2873 tons, 318ft x 40ft. To see the passenger list, use the Book and Page above, to find the correct microfiche in Assisted Immigrants from UK, 1839-1871, Compartment 21, Call no. "MED" or medical reasons. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. William Patrick Battle, Jr. was from Augusta, Georgia. Register of Immigrants: Otranto, 1911-1912 Access status Open Previous System Identifier DID39118 Description Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland Format PDF . He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Kish was assigned to the 72nd Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. If you have research comments or additional information on this page E-mail them to: Joe Hartwell, [Return back to the Ships histories page] [ Return back to the Site Map ] [ Return to the Coast Artillery Corps page ], Pvt. Then many years later, in 1949 she received a further refit to accommodate 1,052 One Class immigrants. Researchers should note that this means that occasionally you may see two entries for the same individual which correspond to two different original copies of the same list. Pvt. This ripped a large hole in her side at the point where the ships hospital was. Discover more about Washington, Seattle Passenger Lists, 1890-1957. There were 66 people hospitalised, six of whom were in intensive care, a . Let us know. Biographies of many transatlantic sea captains and commanders from the 1880s through the early 1900s. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. The passenger train was carrying 342 travellers and 10 crew, with two crew on the cargo train, Hellenic Train data showed. The passenger lists in BT27 include long-haul voyages to destinations outside Britain and Europe. The Hirt family have run a nursery and greenhouse business in Strongsville, Ohio since 1915 and they do business throughout the world. 406 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Orient Steam Navigation Co./Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Outward sailings January-April 1882 (issued January 18, 1882) Vessel (s) Ports of call. Also on his discharge papers, it gives the dates of his departure on Sept. 25, 1918 to go overseas, and his return date of January 14, 1919. Cuzco. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. Westward bound ships when crossing the line skip a day, and . Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial Genealogy Mystery Book! S.A.R., [September Automatic Replacement] C.A.C., Pvt. Commander: Captain O. Cppers. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 KAITLIN - Kelly Marie Tran RORY - Ben Daniels PROFESSOR ALCOTTE - Cyril Nri MARIANNE - Carlyss Peer CONOR - Akie Kotabe NADJULA - Munirih Grace HARRIS - Kerry Shale AGENT MURPHY- Danielle Lewis OTHER VOICES: Laurel Lefkow, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Gianna Kiehl, Eric Sirakian, Chris Kelly, Maddy Kelly, Merk Nguyen 28 min He has no known grave and is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent, UK. Men were in the raging sea and clinging to anything that would float. The sea departure cards are not linked to corresponding passenger lists (where they exist), and so you may be returned two results for the same person on the same voyage. Summary Menu 'At The Equator' published by the Orient Line for passengers travelling on the SS Otranto in 1954 and used for a child's birthday party. Not long after breakfast, about 9:30 oclock, we felt a great jar. The Otranto is the first of the new Orient liners to be fitted with wireless, and during her present trip she was able to maintain communication with 23 shore stations and 45 steamers. We have constructed the database in such as way so that, where a port has had two names within the period covered by the BT27 data series, the ports are joined together in the drop-down list and therefore are searched together. I know he was stationed at Savannah Georgia and a friend who had seen a picture of him in his uniform said that it was Coast Artillery. Again, lots of love to all. The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. Roger Mary knows him. The American landsmen thought they would be safer on board the larger vessel than the small naval craft but this was to their undoing and explained why so many were lost. She took part in the invasion of French North Africa later that year and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. My hopes and prayers are that he may yet survive. Please note that the A-Z drop-down list of countries includes larger and less precise entities such as Africa, Antarctica, Far East, Mediterranean Ports and South America, for cases where more specific information is not available. HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. GGA Image ID # 12e0a9f329. We were wet and cold, but were told that we would reach port in two hours. Once on deck the men were faced with very strong winds. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Hong Kong is included under China. He mistimed it. However, in a few minutes we got orders to go up on C deck with life preservers, which we did in a calm manner. The wildcard is denoted by a * and can be used in both the first name and the last name search fields. 1966 The Orient Line name was dropped and thenceforward disappeared. Presumably Pvt. Your ancestor may have arrived as an individual or with family. LOC 2018696845. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. 1903-06-30 SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger List. Everything went well until Saturday night of the 5th, when we found ourselves on a high sea. Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions. Original lists (1883-1891) also survived. If the card is for a child, you will be able to view the relevant parent's detail on the reverse of the card; similarly, if you find a parent travelling with a child, you will be able to view both sides of the card for the same charge. At the time of writing, these include Jones River, Plantation and Stoopville. Passenger List (Empress of Britain - From Liverpool Friday, August 30th, 1957 To Quebec and Montreal), includes sailings July 1957-March 1958: 1957: Sailings of Empress of Britain, Empress of England, Empress of France and Empress of Scotland: S: Sailings to and from Europe - Saint John Season 1957-1958, November 1957-April 1958: 1957 Phone: (902)-569-2333 and (902)-894-9885 The following 4 vessels, the Alexander, Jane, Lucy, and British Queen were all associated with the migration of Scots Catholics from Clanranald's Estates! Six hundred men owe their lives to him. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. L. Baldry contacted me about his grandfather, Francis Edwin Turner who was a crewman on the HMS Otranto. About this time the HMS Mounsey was coming along side and the swells crashed the two ships together. We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. General MB Stewart arrived at the port of New York from Bremenhaven on 22 Feb 1952 - two manifest pages have been transcribed partial passenger list. Passenger lists dating between: 1845-1886 record emigrants selected by the Colonization Commissioners London, whose passage were paid for out of the Emigration Fund. 1 and agrees with his birth year being 1898 but offers little more information on Jennings (though they thought he was returning from WWI on the transport ship which is a mistake). And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. Pearl Horn told his son that they had to re-train on the Big French guns (his description) before going to the front. Passenger List Page - Irish Genealogical Society - MN. He wrapped himself around railings. Some destination ports can be difficult to distinguish in the early handwritten records. U.S.N.S. Dull was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 with Casual Company No. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 30 July 1918 at the age of 19 years 8 months old. Edward was the only one accepted that night. Horn would have joined the 57th Artillery as a replacement late in the war. A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America. 56 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate surface area of 2,688 square feet (250m2) heated her boilers. see description line storage D28 144038857786 Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. We had quite a bit of rain, and a heavy sleet fell upon us too. This page is owned by Joe Hartwell 2003-2019 Passengers For New England, pg 407. The Orient Line, along with the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, were the two British based shipping lines that pioneered and dominated the passage of migrants by sea to Australia and other colonial outposts in the Orient, such as India, Malaysia and Hong Kong since the 1850s. For example, in the 1890s passenger lists the city known as Jakarta was generally referred to as Batavia, so if you select the destination country Indonesia you will find that we have joined together these two names as Jakarta (Batavia) in the dropdown list of ports. 1938 The Australia service extended to New Zealand. Others were on deck, but their hold wasnt very good and they were swept overboard. The Alfred brings no mail. It was used by Geoffrey and Hazel Tirchett who immigrated from London to Victoria, as '10 Pound Tourists' leaving London on 3 June 1954. Below is an article written in the Monroe Journal October 29, 1918: [1] The 1900 Union County, NC census (Vance Township, stamped page 278) indicates the month and year of his birth as November 1898 whereas the death notice puts his birth year as about 1894. We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies and courts in the following states: New Jersey New York Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Hours and Address Enlarge Directions Address One Bowling Green, Room 328 New York, NY 10004 Phone: 212-401-1620 Toll-free: 1-866-840-1752 Fax: 212-401-1638 Email: newyork.archives@nara.gov Hours Present at the North African, Sicilian & Italian landings. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Finally, the islands of the Caribbean have been grouped together under a single West Indies heading, with the exception of the large islands of Cuba, Haiti/Dominican Republic and Jamaica, which have their own entries. Able Seaman Ludlow was in the British Royal Navy and was a crewman on the Otranto. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. Men were beginning to jump off the Otranto and onto the Mounsey some timing the jumps right and making it to the Mounsey and others were crushed as the two ships slammed together. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. Our trip was eventful until the night of the 1st when we collided with a French Schooner. Thomas and Margaret Goodwin had a son named Charles Goodwin who served in the Scottish Rifles and was killed in action during WWI just two years earlier at the Battle of the Somme when only 19-years of age and he is buried at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. These ships' names have also been standardised, i.e., Munchen/Muenchen is listed under Munchen only. For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso. However, often you will need to view both card and list, as sea departure cards usually do not contain details of destination, although they do have the date and departure port, meaning that you should be able to tell if a card relates to the same voyage as a passenger list found in your search. Pvt. The conditions of the sea at that time were swells of 15 to 20 feet or more and men were being thrown across the deck of the ship. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. There is a memorial tombstone for him erected in the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia that says: "Lost at sea on the Otranto off the coast of Scotland". Charles' body was recovered and buried in England. Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. From the Obituary section of The Allentown Morning Call, in Allentown, Pennsylvania: Private John C. Geiger, up to the time of enlistment last August, employed by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company as their travelling freightagent, perished on the transport Otranto when in a collision off the Irish Coast she was beached and battered to pieces causing a loss of over 200 soldiers, Private Geiger was 33 years of age, and was known by all as a good fellow, genial, always wearing a smile and ready to do a good turn for anyone. Private Pearl B. Horn, was one of the American soldiers who was on the Otranto when she sank off the coast of Scotland and Ireland on October 6, 1918. Dilts tried to jump from the Otranto onto the Mounsey and fell in between. 1942 Nov.: Fitted out as an assault ship. The passenger lists are arranged in chronological order of arrival of ships 1898-1963 and aircraft 1952-1963 interfiled (note: during 1945 a number of military flights ferried passengers and military personnel into Perth - these were usually Catalinas or Liberators which are denoted by a 5 letter call sign, e.g., G.AGUK, G.AGFM). I wrote you last Monday saying that I had landed safely. Death Finds a Way: A Janie Riley Mystery by Lorine McGinnis Schulze Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. On 6 Oct. 1918, during a heavy storm while carrying troops from America to Glasgow and Liverpool, HMS Otranto collided with the P&O liner H.M.S. Give my love to dear Mary and tell her there are hopes yet. Smith sailed on the HMS Otranto on 25 September 1918 with the C.A.C. However, if you know that a particular passenger left from a particular port, or are only interested in passengers sailing from a particular port, you can select (for instance) Southampton from the list. I am sure if he was lost you will hear it from Washington before you get this letter. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. To our great joy a British destroyer greeted our eyes, for here lay our only hopes. The National Maritime collection contains a rich and diverse range of historic artefacts and contains over 140,000 objects. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. On 7 September 1918, he registered for WWI draft and was serving as the YMCA Ocean Transport Secretary en route to Paris when he sailed on the HMS Otranto. Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. His mother, Mrs. Sam Smith, 348 Kilgore St., Cincinnati, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? His letter follows: Royal Victoria Hospital, The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. Pvt. However, two points need to be noted. We had been on the destroyer since 10 oclock that morning. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M237, rolls 95-580 and T715 . In most instances, you will find more information by looking at the image of the list. Looking for . September 25th saw the Otranto leaving America with a full load of troops on which, would be her last trip across the Atlantic. Sgt. He worked hard at home to regain strength and range of motion and was far more successful that had been predicted by his surgeon. Victor Morris Perrin passed away in 1967 in Naples, Florida. Men were lashed to guns on the deck of the Mounsey and was getting crowded and she was leaking, the pumps were going all the time but they were still waist deep in ice cold seawater and did not expect to see land again. 61541: Wayne. Most of them are small farmers, who intend settling upon the lands of tthe South Australian Company. Our ship, a British transport, the Otranto, was a large well-armed vessel. Geoffrey already had three brothers living in Australia. Westfal Larsen. Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. You need to bear in mind also that a significant proportion of passengers are shown on the original list without an age - these 'blank' ages are shown in your returned results together with those of the right year of birth, so that you can consider them as well. SBS TV | SBS Radio | SBS On Demand, news, sport, food, movies A typical passenger list can be divided into three parts. If you also see a more generic option in the drop-down alongside specific ports, it is important to note that this is not an 'all ports' option. He was listed as working for the Y.M.C.A. Lisa recalls that Owen Tucker, her grandfather never spoke about the disaster but his brother Edward Tucker did only when he had a couple of drinks. Pvt. We were delayed four or five hours. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or naval service, or as a convict. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. For Dutch ships, for example Damsterdijk, also spelt Damsterdyk, only one version of the name has been selected, allowing you to view passenger lists for both spellings with one search. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. We didnt sleep very much and Sunday morning found us on a raging sea a fearful sea. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Researchers should note that there is no strict geographical relation between, for example, a passenger's last address within the British Isles and the port from which they embarked overseas. On the far side of the ring you can see 5 British Naval Officers watching the match. Who First name (s) Name variants Last name Name variants The loss of life was heavy - 431 drowned, including 351 American soldiers - though there were 367 survivors in all. The Castle of Otranto, novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764 (though first editions bear the next year's date). Smith was born in Knoxville, Tennessee about 1894 and at the time of enlistment he lived at 615 E. 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event.. Find out where they were going and where they were coming from, where they called home as well as their age, occupation and whether they were married or single. I can remember standing in front of my mother at the funeral parlor and seeing his coffin with the flag over it. 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. Many passengers are described as going on a round trip or a tourist cruise, and these are all grouped together under the single header Round Voyage. Soon the word was passed the another ship the Kashmir, had broke her rudder and her Captain was unable to control her hitting the Otranto amidships and bow on port side. OTRANTO December 6th 1947 PASSENGER LIST EMPIRE DEBEN July 30th 1947 PASSENGER LIST MV DORSETSHIRE September 4th 1951 PASSENGER LIST EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND February 14 1948 PASSENGER LIST SS ORBITA February 3rd 1948 PASSENGER LIST RMS SAMARIA August 10th 1947 PASSENGER LIST SS MATAROLA August 5th 1947 PASSENGER LIST SS EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA According to Private Pearl B. Horns discharge paper, he was in Battery D of the 57th Artillery Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Some are typed, others are handwritten; some record only a minimum of detail about the passengers, others include a wealth of information down to exact address and ultimate destination overseas. The ship Champion of the Seas has again made a highly successful voyage to this port [of Melbourne] bringing about 400 passengers - 277 of whom are passage-warrant holders. Sergeant Battle enlisted into the Army on July 8, 1918 at Fort Screven, Georgia, and was attached to the Coast Artillery Corps. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. When we landed I found I couldnt walk very well. The destroyer had just passed the wave valley and was just starting back up, so he not only hit with great impact but also his body had rotated in the air and he hit on his left shoulder. He had a constant feeling that he was neglecting his duty by not going into the service when suddenly one Friday he made his mind to do so. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. This information was shared with me by a relative of Seaman Ludlow. This ship had gone wrong and could not be steered, so on a raging wave she plunged right into the middle of our ship, tearing a great hole in her side. Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. [5] On 4 August 1932 she collided with the Thames barge Why Not in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, England; Why Not sank.[6]. 1954 Nov 10. They then boarded a train in Wilkes Barre and rode into Baltimore, Maryland. Crown Copyright Images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England. However, copies of the records (1820-1874 with gaps) survived. In the early decades covered by BT27, you are likely to see these places written on the actual lists as Natal (sometimes abbreviated simply to N) and Algoa Bay (often shown as A Bay). This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938. Pvt. This information will help us make improvements to the website. The first was a 1909 passenger liner that in 1914 became the armed merchant cruiser HMSOtranto and in 1918 was lost as a result of a collision. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, from Fort Screven Georgia. A solution is being designed so that customers will only be charged once for the information contained within these duplicate pages. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. These lists recorded details on all persons arriving at U.S. ports on ATS ships. He had served 16 years in the navy prior to the war and was called up again in August 1914. Assisted immigrant ships 1832-1889. printable version. A full account of the Johnson-Jeffries fight was received from the Macedonia's operator on Monday. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 20 years 3 months old. This means that there can be two or even three originals of some of the passenger lists within the BT27 series. Able Body Seaman Turner was one of the last to jump from the Otranto and saw the ship and Captain Ernest W. Davidson go down as he waved to his men as he stayed by his charge to the very end. Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for each immigrant's name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin, but not the city or town of origin. Pvt. This means that you are likely to find what initially appear to be discrepancies when you click through to the image of the passenger list. ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. S.S. Kronprinz My dad had written to my mother from Georgia asking her to bring me to the train station so he could see me before he went overseas, it seems the government was sending the troops through their hometowns so they could see their families before shipping out. If you are unsure how a name was spelt, or cannot find it with the usual spelling, try using the wildcard facility. He said that he had to spend a couple days in the hospital (did not say where, but from articles, it may have been Belfast) and then on to England for final training before being sent over to France. Paul Horn continues, What I recall from my conversation with my dad, was the story of having to go to the "front" area and with many others from those units in the rear, having to pickup the dead soldiers left on the field. Kaitlin Le (Kelly Marie Tran), a college student whose twin brother vanished with the flight, is determined to uncover the truth. Analysis. For instance, a person living in Scotland is more likely to have sailed from Glasgow or one of the other Scottish ports.