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Originally Posted by tony allen
Pat cannot remember his name now but the peggy and I were very close in our jobs as young boys and alway went ashore together .in yokohama just up the road from the berth was an american diner for their personal and we went inside .guy looked at us and said you are not personal what are you doing hear peggy replied we are from that british ship at the dock down there,and would like to taste a hamburger please .he said sit in the corner and brought the biggest thing we'd ever saw with a mountain of what they called french fries salad and cold slaw and large coke "really did not know what it was" what an experience for 2 young scouse lads and best of all it was free .could not thank him enough .he said nice to meet 2 young limeys ,have a good trip back home I will be going home in 2 months my self thank god 1955
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Tony,
On my first trip on the Achilles, I went ashore in Kobe with the pantry boy, a fellow Wallasey lad. We went to the cinema, and saw The Defiant Ones, with Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis. Coming out of the cinema we met some Yanks who were crew off an American Merchant ship berthed close to the Achilles, called Golden Bear.
They invited us back and fed us unlimited burger, coffee, coca cola and loads of Camel cigarettes, they were a great bunch of guys and Ive always held Americans in affection since then.
Regards,
Pat