“HELLO CHARLIE!”
TRAGIC HOMECOMING (9 a.m.) LONDON. Oct. 20. When the liner Orduna, carrying 1700 liberated prisoners-of-war from the Far East tied up at Liverpool, a civilian shouted over the landing-stage microphone: ‘.Hello Charlie! Your wife and children were killed in an air raid. I am here to welcome you!" A soldier cheering at the deck-rail dropped out of line and collapsed and was carried below. His welcomer vanished in the crowd.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21850, 22 October 1945, Page 6
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72“HELLO CHARLIE!” Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21850, 22 October 1945, Page 6
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