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[Captain Kong]

The Queen Mary is looking for former members of the crew for the 80th Birthday celebrations.
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Emotional War Bride Returns To Legendary Liner

June Allen sailed on the RMS Queen Mary from Britain to a new life with her American GI husband after World War Two.
10:46, UK,
Sunday 09 November 2014, SKY NEWS, ON GOOGLE

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A British war bride has spoken of her emotion at returning for the first time to see the legendary liner that brought her to a new life in post-war America.


June Allen, who left Britain as a newly married 18-year-old in 1946, returned to visit the RMS Queen Mary, which is now permanently moored at Long Beach in California.

On Remembrance weekend, she spoke of the hundreds of young British women who married American GIs during World War Two and then headed west.

She said: "There were 1,700 war brides and their children on this ship and to be on this great big ship at 18 and to be going to be a new country, a new life, there are just no words to express it."


June Allen and Greg Milam
June Allen speaks to Sky's Greg Milam

The Queen Mary, the pride of the pre-war Cunard fleet, had been converted into a troop ship and carried thousands of Americans to war in Europe and brought back hundreds of their brides.

June, who is now 87 and living in Indiana, returned to the ship in time to help celebrate its 80th birthday.

Of seeing it for the first time in more than 65 years, she said: "It is just like being back home again. It is exactly the same as it was then, it looks exactly the same.

"I can't express to you, I have always loved this ship and all those years I have thought about it and wanted to come here.

"We arrived just as it was getting dark and the Queen Mary was all lit up and I cried. It just got me to see it after all that time."


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The crossing from Southampton was an extraordinary experience

June was 16 when she married Sgt Arnie Boots in 1944 and shortly afterwards he headed off to the D-Day landings.

When he greeted her after the Queen Mary docked in New York, they had not seen each other for nearly two years.

The crossing from Southampton, she said, was an extraordinary experience.

"To top it all off it was February and the ocean was very rough and we'd see icebergs and I always thought about the Titanic. It was scary but it was thrilling too."


Everette Hoard
Honorary commodore Everette Hoard says the ship is 'hallowed ground'

June says some of her fellow passengers were so homesick when they arrived in New York that they simply took the next ship back home to England.

June recently attended an 80th birthday party for the Queen Mary and she says she was the only one of the 5,000 guests who had actually been a passenger on the ship.

Everette Hoard, honorary commodore and historian on the Queen Mary, said: "This ship has something that other ships don't have.

"I have always said that I thought she was hallowed ground because of the military efforts and so many who passed away in those days.

"I don't think there is any ship in the history of man and the sea that has touched so many over so long a period of time as the Queen Mary."

The owners of the ship are trying to trace passengers and crew members of the Queen Mary as part of the 80th anniversary celebrations.

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[Doc Vernon]

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Just info and assistance for Brian!
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[Evan Lewis]

Just Like to say how much I enjoyed the Videos.I echo the sentiments of the former Bell Boy to 1st Class waiter. .Yes ! She has a Special Aura.

I would have been aboard ,at times ,during His era. Though with some 1100
Crew aboard can't recall ,the Face.
Various positions I held , were , Q.M. Tourist Class Deck -man .As A.B.

Have painted the funnels. Over the Bow ;was (a regular event ,alongside,in N.Y.)

The Queen Mother,depicted aboard,in one Video. Had voyaged over to N.Y. the trip previous ,to my first joining.
Regarding ,The Weather ,sometimes encountered .Note this ,for the disbelievers That Trip , on its return Journey,
It arrived S'ton twenty-four hrs, late.
In the Dry -Dock,(Where I joined Her). One of the jobs,to be done in the Dry-dock,as a result. Was to replace the Glass ,in the Crows Nest. Believe the Look-out nearly S---. himself!

[Keith Moody]

i have a printed dinner menu from the Q.M. i got it from an ex-canadian soldier who travalled home on the ship after the war, they look like they were well fed on the trip. not sure how to load it on this site.
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[Doc Vernon]

Either have it Scanned or take a good Pic of it and load as a Picture!
Not too hard.
Other than that you can send me the Pic after scanning and I will load it for you!
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[happy daze john in oz]

Fantastic collection of vidoes there, but even better to see the 'Mary' is still with us. So much history of a country that was at one time the greatest ever.t

[Keith Tindell]

My mates father in law, Frank Brookes was QM on her for some years, he is also one of the last survivors of the Royal Oak. Unfortunately now suffering from bad health and in his 90,s KT

[Captain Kong]

I have stayed on her several times when I was passing that way in Long Beach, Still is a lovely ship.
She is a hotel now but what a difference from a hotel , like being back at sea. she is cheaper than a hotel.
If you ever get over there make it there for a visit or stay a while.
Plenty of GOOD Restaurants and Bars. and the memories.
Why not have a Meet Up on there sometime??? Not too far from OZ and not too from UK.
Cheers
Brian

[Raymond Witkowski]

i sailed on the queen mary from the 30 june 1964 until the 22 september 1964 as bridge boy first trip to sea skipper was Swann

[John Gill]

I did 2 trips on the Mary July/ August 1960 ass/stwd.