George Howard was an Able Seaman aboard HMCS Athabaskan. He was taken prisoner when the Unlucky Lady was sunk on April 29, 1944.
His daughter Melanie just left a comment.
My dad George Howard was a POW in Marlag and Milag Nord and I got to know Herm very well. After my mother passed away I went on all the POW Reunions with my dad. What a great group of men!
Melanie Taylor
Someone sent me this picture back in 2009 when I started writing this blog.
The names were written in the back.
So I made this montage… just in case.
George Howard is now reunited once more with his friends.
For more on Marlag und Milag Nord, click here.
Hello.
My father, William McGregor served on the HMCS Athabaskan.
He was killed when the ship was hit.
I have the book, the Unlucky Lady. It is a wealth of information. I continue my interest in learning more about my dad and the Unlucky Lady.
I worked at John Stubbs Memorial School in the Victoria area.
My dad’s sister’s husband served on the Athabaskan II.
My uncle invited me to tour that ship when she came to Comox, B.C.
Here is a poem I wrote some time ago.
STOLEN
On this, yet,
Another Remembrance Day,
We are asked to pause
And remember
Men, women
Called
To the war.
War
To defend
Democracy,
Freedom,
And ~
The
Peace of all people.
Women, Men,
Called to war
Some
Injured ~
Some
Killed ~~
Some
Prisoners of war ~
Some
Came home.
Some did not. ~
Today,
I look
Again
Proudly
Sadly
At
The
Silver cross
Given
To me
By a mother
Who lost her son
To a torpedo.
A torpedo of
War
That hit the ship,
The H.M.C.S. Athabaskan
April 29, 1944.
The H.M.C.S. Athabaskan.
The ship
My grandmother’s son
Was on.
Her son, my dad
The “Athab”
The ship my dad
Was on
Destroyed by a torpedoed.
My wonderful Dad
Was
Stolen from
His very young
Child ~~
ME.
Stolen from
His Mother
His Dad
His wife
His sister
His brother
Stolen.
Never to be retuned.
Today
I remember
Sadly
Proudly
My
Dad
Who
I hardly knew.
A dad,
Like others
Served so
I and others
Can speak
Freely.
Move
Freely
In this land.
Oh, how
I wish I
Knew
My
Dad
Stolen from me
By
War.
Oh
How I wish for peace
So other families
Do not have a mom, dad stolen by war.
Copyright Nov. 11/95
Loretta Rose Deutscher (McGregor)