The Solvol was a Norwegian fishing vessel that was shelled and sunk by the U-711 in the Norwegian Sea 13 April 1944.
All 8 aboard were taken onto the U-711 and held as POWs by the Gestapo until the end of the war.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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