Elordieta, Vincente Doroteo "Vincent"

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Audio
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Abstract
This is the last of four tapes with Vincent Doroteo Elordieta of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Vincent talks about his family's involvement in the Spanish Civil War, his training in marine engineering, traveling to Asia during the 1930s, the Basque people and their culture, a story about his mother and sister helping people at the airport, and his life in Liverpool.
Model
Audio
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Abstract
This is the third of four tapes with Vincent Doroteo Elordieta of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Vincent talks about different jobs on ships, working on ships during WWII, the Panama Canal, storms at sea, superstitions, Sundays and funerals at sea, forerunners, U-boats, laying cable during WWII, being torpedoed, battles at sea, the Merchant Navy, how he met his wife, and his family's history at sea.