Name/Title
Tell Us Your WW II MemoriesEntry/Object ID
2012.101Scope and Content
Binder/notebook with handwritten notes left by people visiting the Lighthouse Museum in 1995 about their recollections of World War II.
Recollections are left by visitors from all over the country, but also include local stories about Coast Guard Activity in Fisher's Island Sound, as well as specific Stonington stories:
"Joseph Richard Mello was asked by the F.B.I. to check the homes of the German-Italian people in the village to make sure they didn't have any short (?) war rations during World War II. - Henrietta Mayer, Ston."
"New London was also declared a security zone and heavily patrolled 24 hours a day. Many of the Stonington draggers were provided with R.C.A. radios by the government to assist in reporting and suspicious activity."
"My father was a commercial fisherman, operating a dragger out of Stonington. I recall him returning from several days at sea and telling us that he and his crew had seen a German U-Boat near them and had notified the Coast Guard. During the war, Look magazine did a story on the importance of the fishing industry because of their shortages. They did a picture story on my father, his boat and his family. The story included picutres of my mother and father, myself at age 5, and my younger brother and sister taken in front of the Stonington Lighthouse. - Carl Johnson, Stonigton, CT."Collection
World War II Service Men & Women Collection