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226872 Eric Fisher Merchant Navy I lived in Manchester and was bombed several times. There was some close bombing around us in the early part of war. The closest was a land mine. An entire family of nine were never discovered. The mines were more destructive than 500lb bombs. I Went into the Merchant Navy at age 17 in 1942, until 1945. I was at Algiers in November 1942, then went to the Persian Gulf and India during 1943 and 1944. I was on many Atlantic voyages in 1945. There were lots of near misses and lost shipmates. I returned to the sea after army service in 1956. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.