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Yesterday, Ward Carroll posted a biography of Robin Olds on his channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMYICWrFuw



The story of the man's life almost reads like fiction. An amazing guy.
The only goof I could see in Ward's telling was he identifies the vessel Olds shipped over to England in 1944 as the Queen Elizabeth II. He even has a pic of that vessel. (The reference to II has since been blanked, but the pics are still of the newer ship) Unfortunately that ship wasn't built for another couple of decades. It was the first Queen Elizabeth, which served as a fast troop transport during the war, along with her sister ship Queen Mary.
Here's a pic from the video:


Here's the ship Olds sailed and thousands of other servicemen and women sailed on.


Have a watch. It's a well told story.
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