THE REAL THING
DUTCHMAN'S TRICK A high official -of the Pan-Ameri-can lines vouches for this story of a Dutch captain of a sea-going tugboat whose craft, was commandeered when the Germans, took Holland. His task, the Nazis told him, would be to tow a string of. barges loaded with German soldiers out into the turbulent Channel each day so that they would get used to seasickness, come the invasion of England. Day after day he cheerfully esr corted his unhappy cargo to the most violent parts of the Channel, got. them good and ill and brought them back. Finallj'' the captain suggested to. the commanding officers: Why not have the soldiers get used to actual invasion conditions by taking them out at night instead of the daytime? They agreed. Next night the. captain took out his string of six barges, towed them near enough to the British coast to ensure capture, and cut them loose. Then he hit out foi« the open seaj, reaching Bermuda, where he now quietly plies his tugboat trade.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 58, 23 March 1943, Page 6
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173THE REAL THING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 58, 23 March 1943, Page 6
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