the 101 survivors of the curacao were rescued by other escort vessels who had been in the vicinity at: the queen mary had 24 life boats. each life boat could contain 145 people. obviously, there were not enough life boats for 16,683 soldiers. when the soldiers were aboard during the war in order to be on the outside decks they had to have life vests. if you were caught on the outside decks without a life vest, the officer took your boots. you had to go inside, come back out and find the officer to get your boots back. captain kayne: i would say every couple of months we still get veterans who come back to look four where they slept during world war ii. it's always a very defining moment and it's an experience, i am sure, that anyone who is visiting on that day and happens to be on a tour that contains one of those veterans, it is a moment they will never forget. they all have interesting stories to tell. there's a lot of tears. i met one man this past january, he was an 84-year-old gentleman. came back. he took me to the staircase onto -- in main hall down onto the landing between a a

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