Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:In 1945 this GI was a mule team soldier headed to Burma. His ship the SS Peter Silvester was torpedoed and sunk by U-862. The soldier in this story survived 22 days on a raft. The book details all of this Fifty years later he has reunions with ship survivors and even a U-862 crewman. LIBERTY SHIP SURVIVOR: Why Ray Laenen is so Proud to be an American Liberty Ship Survivor is the compelling tale of one man's journey from Belgian immigrant to proud and patriotic American citizen. Over 100 photographs support his incredible tales of courage, survival, faith, friendship and forgiveness. Remie "Ray" Laenen's parents brought him to America from Oevel, Belgium in 1927, in search of freedom and opportunity. The family settled on the East Side of Detroit. After graduating from St. Rose High School in 1944, Ray immediately went into the United States Army, where he would learn a life-defining lesson about the true cost of freedom. On February 6, 1945, Ray's life was changed forever. His Liberty Ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean by torpedoes from a German U-boat. He survived an incredible twenty-two day ordeal in a crowded lifeboat, only to return to service more determined than ever to defend America's freedom.
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Location: Livonia, Michigan
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Signed By: Ray Laenen
Book Title: Liberty Ship Survivor
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Authorhouse
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2005
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Author: Joseph N. Mazzara
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Army, Combat, Family History, Memoir, Military History, Ships, Submarines, True Military Stories, World War II, Inspirational, United States / General
Subjects: History & Military
Number of Pages: 212 Pages
