. NEWS photo Paul McGrath SECOND WORLD War mer- chant sea‘nan Alan Shard, of West Vancouver, and West -Vancouver student Tiffany Butt iook over an essay writ-

ten by Butt. She interviewed.

* Shard, shown right in a photo of him as a young man, for a school. essay about issues concerning merchant marine sailors. Shard is the secretary of the 8.C. Mainiand-Yukon branch. of the Canadian Merchant Navy Association.

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THE FOLLOWING Remem- brance Day essay was written by Grade 12 Sentinel sec-

ondary school student Tiffany

Bate. The West Vancorever: stu- dent interviewed West Vancouver — resident Alan “Shard, He served as ao imer- chant marine seaman for the duration of the Second World War and continued in the imer- chant navy ta 1954. Sherd is the secretary of the B.C. Mainland: Yukon branch of the Canadian Merchant Navy Association, IMAGINE YOURSELF a young man during wartime in 1939, You have just: graduated from adolescence and are eager for life, ready for adventure, and filled with wanderlust. You see war as your ticket to excitement and the world,

Because you are under age. the only opportunity you have to get “deep into the action” is with the merchant navy,

As a merchant marine, they tell you, itis your job to not only trans- port war materials, troops. fuel, and ammunition throughout the world, but to assist in evacuations and top landings. [tis a big responsibility.

You tearm many things during your wartime experiences, like how to interpret Morse code, and other practical skills. But you also learn to tune your cyes to scan the waters for a German U-boat.

And you learn to withstand air craft, bombings and surface raids, even though you are sailing on a mer-

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