From England, they got on another ship headed for North Africa, where the Africa Campaign included fighting in the deserts of Egypt and Libya. The journey through the North Sea, “was pretty rough at that time,” the veteran said, and the quarters were crowded. “When we went through the Rock of Gibraltar, I thought we must be going to Africa,” he said. “It looked like two big huge rocks sticking up out of the ocean and the ship went between it. “We spread out, took our bedrolls, laid them on ground, went to sleep in the wide-open desert,” he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 21, 2021 16:02 UTC