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The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Culver City, California, United States.Many Jewish people from the entertainment industry are buried there. The cemetery is known for Al Jolson's elaborate tomb (designed by Los Angeles architect Paul Williams), a 75-foot-high pergola and monument atop a hill above a water cascade, all visible from the adjacent San Diego Freeway.
The vessel was operated by the Mississippi Shipping Company, based in New Orleans, on behalf of the War Shipping Administration, starting from 1943. [4] On 21 January 1944, the Charles Henderson collided with the coastal tanker MV Plattsburgh Socony near Cape Henlopen, Delaware. The collision resulted in a fire on the tanker. [5] "Fourth Naval ...
1943 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 943rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade.
SS John Harvey was a U.S. World War II Liberty ship.This ship is best known for carrying a secret cargo of mustard gas and whose sinking by German aircraft in December 1943 at the port of Bari in south Italy caused an unintentional release of chemical weapons.
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SS John W. Brown is a Liberty ship, one of two still operational and one of three preserved as museum ships. [6] As a Liberty ship, she operated as a merchant ship of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II and later was a vocational high school training ship in New York City for many years.
However, on 1 June 1943, during its maiden voyage John Morgan collided with the tanker SS Montana off Cape Henry on the coast of Virginia. John Morgan broke in two and sank immediately at position 36°59′56″N 75°23′59″W / 36.99889°N 75.39972°W / 36.99889; -75.39972 , but started fires aboard Montana
U-572 torpedoed the French tanker Lot in convoy UGS 10 on 22 June 1943. British freighter Empire Kestrel in convoy UGS 13 was sunk by aircraft on 16 August 1943. U-410torpedoed Liberty Ships John Bell and Richard Henderson in convoy UGS 14 on 26 August 1943. U-410 torpedoed Liberty Ship Christian Michelson in convoy UGS 17 on 26 September 1943.