from: Braving the Wartime Seas, page 105
also: http://www.kingspointww2.org/bourell-randall-price/
"Randall P. "Bud" Bourrell, described as 5'11" tall and 180 pounds, was the youngest child and only son of Claude A. and Aileen L. Bourell. According to his niece he loved the outdoors, and spent his early summers fishing, swimming, and boating at the family cabin on a lake. During his teenage years, Bud was a lifeguard at the Olney Community Pool. A standout athlete e was voted the football team's most valuable player for two years in a row and captain of the team in his senior year. He graduated from Olney High School in 1939. He was also an accomplished woodworker and built a bedstead for his parents that they slept on for the rest of their lives."
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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Deck Cadet, Clas of 1944
Service No. B 28620
Awards: Mariner's Medal, Combat Bar, Atlantic War zone Bar, Victory Medal, and the Presidential Testimonial Letter.
- Address of Record: Olney, Illinois
The SS Meriwether Lewis was a Liberty Ship built in 1942; her homeport was Portland, Oregon.
In the early morning hours of March 2, 1943, Engine Cadet Randall Price Bourell was aboard as the freighter, enroute from New York to the UK to Russia with a cargo of ammunition and tires, was straggling behind Convoy HX-227 in the North Atlantic. German submarine U-759 attacked the ship but had to quit due to engine problems. Before it quit, however, the sub led U-Boat 634 to the freighter.
U-634 fired a spread of four torpedoes, and one hit in the forward part of the ship. After three hours and more hits, and the ammunition blowing up in the forward part of the ship, the Meriwether Lewis sank bow first. A Coast Guard cutter searching the area for survivors found a 30 mile trail of automobile tires.
There were 44 Merchant Mariners and 32 Naval personnel on board; none survived.
also: http://www.kingspointww2.org/bourell-randall-price/
"Randall P. "Bud" Bourrell, described as 5'11" tall and 180 pounds, was the youngest child and only son of Claude A. and Aileen L. Bourell. According to his niece he loved the outdoors, and spent his early summers fishing, swimming, and boating at the family cabin on a lake. During his teenage years, Bud was a lifeguard at the Olney Community Pool. A standout athlete e was voted the football team's most valuable player for two years in a row and captain of the team in his senior year. He graduated from Olney High School in 1939. He was also an accomplished woodworker and built a bedstead for his parents that they slept on for the rest of their lives."
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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Deck Cadet, Clas of 1944
Service No. B 28620
Awards: Mariner's Medal, Combat Bar, Atlantic War zone Bar, Victory Medal, and the Presidential Testimonial Letter.
- Address of Record: Olney, Illinois
The SS Meriwether Lewis was a Liberty Ship built in 1942; her homeport was Portland, Oregon.
In the early morning hours of March 2, 1943, Engine Cadet Randall Price Bourell was aboard as the freighter, enroute from New York to the UK to Russia with a cargo of ammunition and tires, was straggling behind Convoy HX-227 in the North Atlantic. German submarine U-759 attacked the ship but had to quit due to engine problems. Before it quit, however, the sub led U-Boat 634 to the freighter.
U-634 fired a spread of four torpedoes, and one hit in the forward part of the ship. After three hours and more hits, and the ammunition blowing up in the forward part of the ship, the Meriwether Lewis sank bow first. A Coast Guard cutter searching the area for survivors found a 30 mile trail of automobile tires.
There were 44 Merchant Mariners and 32 Naval personnel on board; none survived.
from: Braving the Wartime Seas, page 105
also: http://www.kingspointww2.org/bourell-randall-price/
"Randall P. "Bud" Bourrell, described as 5'11" tall and 180 pounds, was the youngest child and only son of Claude A. and Aileen L. Bourell. According to his niece he loved the outdoors, and spent his early summers fishing, swimming, and boating at the family cabin on a lake. During his teenage years, Bud was a lifeguard at the Olney Community Pool. A standout athlete e was voted the football team's most valuable player for two years in a row and captain of the team in his senior year. He graduated from Olney High School in 1939. He was also an accomplished woodworker and built a bedstead for his parents that they slept on for the rest of their lives."
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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Deck Cadet, Clas of 1944
Service No. B 28620
Awards: Mariner's Medal, Combat Bar, Atlantic War zone Bar, Victory Medal, and the Presidential Testimonial Letter.
- Address of Record: Olney, Illinois
The SS Meriwether Lewis was a Liberty Ship built in 1942; her homeport was Portland, Oregon.
In the early morning hours of March 2, 1943, Engine Cadet Randall Price Bourell was aboard as the freighter, enroute from New York to the UK to Russia with a cargo of ammunition and tires, was straggling behind Convoy HX-227 in the North Atlantic. German submarine U-759 attacked the ship but had to quit due to engine problems. Before it quit, however, the sub led U-Boat 634 to the freighter.
U-634 fired a spread of four torpedoes, and one hit in the forward part of the ship. After three hours and more hits, and the ammunition blowing up in the forward part of the ship, the Meriwether Lewis sank bow first. A Coast Guard cutter searching the area for survivors found a 30 mile trail of automobile tires.
There were 44 Merchant Mariners and 32 Naval personnel on board; none survived.
also: http://www.kingspointww2.org/bourell-randall-price/
"Randall P. "Bud" Bourrell, described as 5'11" tall and 180 pounds, was the youngest child and only son of Claude A. and Aileen L. Bourell. According to his niece he loved the outdoors, and spent his early summers fishing, swimming, and boating at the family cabin on a lake. During his teenage years, Bud was a lifeguard at the Olney Community Pool. A standout athlete e was voted the football team's most valuable player for two years in a row and captain of the team in his senior year. He graduated from Olney High School in 1939. He was also an accomplished woodworker and built a bedstead for his parents that they slept on for the rest of their lives."
~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Deck Cadet, Clas of 1944
Service No. B 28620
Awards: Mariner's Medal, Combat Bar, Atlantic War zone Bar, Victory Medal, and the Presidential Testimonial Letter.
- Address of Record: Olney, Illinois
The SS Meriwether Lewis was a Liberty Ship built in 1942; her homeport was Portland, Oregon.
In the early morning hours of March 2, 1943, Engine Cadet Randall Price Bourell was aboard as the freighter, enroute from New York to the UK to Russia with a cargo of ammunition and tires, was straggling behind Convoy HX-227 in the North Atlantic. German submarine U-759 attacked the ship but had to quit due to engine problems. Before it quit, however, the sub led U-Boat 634 to the freighter.
U-634 fired a spread of four torpedoes, and one hit in the forward part of the ship. After three hours and more hits, and the ammunition blowing up in the forward part of the ship, the Meriwether Lewis sank bow first. A Coast Guard cutter searching the area for survivors found a 30 mile trail of automobile tires.
There were 44 Merchant Mariners and 32 Naval personnel on board; none survived.
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