My father Sgt. Okey J. Ingram was on the ship from Japan on its maiden voyage I think. He was with the Americal Division – C Co. I know he would like to get in touch with some of the guys he was with. If you have any information, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mike Ingram
Sorry, Mike. I’ve had a tough time tracing any member of my dad’s photo battalion. So many divisions shipped out on the Ernie Pyle. Good luck with your search!
Supposedly, my mom was shipped to Canada on the SS Ernie Pyle in December of 1948, however I cannot locate any ship lists with her name listed. Does anyone know where I can find information on passengers within that time frame?
I think the ship left Germany around that time frame, and the final destination was NY, however I’m really not sure.
Family Search is presently indexing the passengers and crews of aircraft and ships that arrived at New York in 1947.
I just indexed page after page of lists of people who arrived in New York on the February 7 -18 trip from Bremen to New York.
I guess next they will do 1948. Very probably they will have your mom listed and available on their computer service soon.
They have clearly-written (some even typed) lists of the people, with age, gender and nationalities listed.
When the indexing is done, you will not have to “search”. Just type in the name and year.
I do not know how to enter the Family Search computerized lists, but they are available to the general public and are kept by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) and will probably have a web site with the name Family Search.
what happened 1947 just outside the port of Antwerp Belgium. Seams that the USS Ernie Pyle almost sank. Would appreciate any info. on the incident.
Tina
1947 ,we sailed from Antwerp Belgium late at night on the Ernie Pyle, we ran into a severe storm and were strapped to our bunks. I shared a room with two other women who’s names I’m sorry to say can’t recall;. But the worst time we exsperienced happened only miles away from NY. We could not sail and lay in wait untill things calmed down. The good news was that a lttle boy was born that night whom they named after the Ernie pyle
I was on that ship. I was barely one years old. I came as a quota from Wetzlar Germany. not to long ago I met a man who also was . he was older about 18 years and was in concentration camps. He wrote a book about it.
My Grandfather Henry Allen Johnson was a gaurd on the Maiden voyage going to japan. He said they stalled on the equator and had to wait for another engine. He was a tank mechanic. He used to have pictures, but they were lost or taken. If anyone has any it would be wonderful if you could post them. See if we have anyone who knows eachother.
I was born in Berlin, March 3rd, 1940, a natural-born US citizen, as my mother was born in Chicago. Two of my older brothers were born in Chicago and the rest of us four kids were born at my Grandfather’s, Dr. Oskar Weiss, TB Hospital in Sudende, Berlin. We were bombed out in September, 1943. First we went East to a collective farm, then in late ’44 we traveled to Northern Germany and were in a British DP camp until after the war ended. My mother’s relatives in Everett WA petitioned Senetor Henry “Scoop” Jackson to get us back to America. We traveled on the the USS Ernie Plye in the Summer of 1946 and we were sea-sick most of the way but happy to get to the US of A. I went to a first grade class in South Everett where I heard that a kid went home and told his mother, ” Hey Mom, there’s a German kid in class with us and do you know what? He looks just like us.”
I just wanted to added that my grandfather was on that same journey in 1946 . He got out of Soviet controlled Poland in 1946 through the city of Gdyania. He was born in America and went to Poland in 1913. It was Senator Henry Cabot Lodge who was instrumental in making this happen.
I have records of my great-grandfather and his four children one of which is my grandfather who came to America from Gdynia, Poland. They left December 23rd 1947 and arrived in the port of New York on January 6th of 1948. They were allowed to come because my great-grandfather was born in Boston.
I am looking for anyone who was on the Ernie Pyle in June 1947 when Holocaust survivors were being transported.
My father was on this ship and it would mean a lot to me if I could find out information about the ship, the situation, etc at that time.
Thank you very much
My father told me he was on the ss Ernie Pyle during the war. He passed away in 2008. We have a coffee table that was made from a hatch board from the ship, wondering if it should be in a museum?
My Grandmother, Selma Metzger, left Bremen, Germany on the SS Ernie Pyle April 8, 1947 for NYC. I haven’t yet found a passenger manifest. If any one has links or pictures or fellow passengers on this sailing I’d be interested to connect.
I was on the Ernie Pyle along with my father (Heinrich Glade) and my sister (Edith). We sailed from Bremen and arrived
in New York on September 30th 1946. We had gone to Germany in 1939 to visit family and could
not return until after the war.
I crossed the Atlantic in this ship from Germany to NewYork among a full load of emigrants. I remember it well – April 1947. My Father in Law came back from Okinawa on this ship prior to her going to North Europe to pick us up.
In the summer of 1942, the U.S. Army called up a skinny California boy barely out of his teens. But at 5’9’’ and 125 pounds, Private Glenn W. Eve was deemed unfit for combat.
He might have spent the duration of World War II at a desk, except that he had field skills the Army needed – he was a gifted artist, draftsman and photographer who'd spent the previous four years working for the Walt Disney Co.
In July 1944, they promoted him to private first class (Pfc) and assigned him to the Signal Photo Corps, bound for the Pacific to document the war. This is his collection, never before published. All comments in quotes are Pfc Eve's, written on the back of the photo.
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My father Sgt. Okey J. Ingram was on the ship from Japan on its maiden voyage I think. He was with the Americal Division – C Co. I know he would like to get in touch with some of the guys he was with. If you have any information, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mike Ingram
Sorry, Mike. I’ve had a tough time tracing any member of my dad’s photo battalion. So many divisions shipped out on the Ernie Pyle. Good luck with your search!
Supposedly, my mom was shipped to Canada on the SS Ernie Pyle in December of 1948, however I cannot locate any ship lists with her name listed. Does anyone know where I can find information on passengers within that time frame?
I think the ship left Germany around that time frame, and the final destination was NY, however I’m really not sure.
What was your Mom’s name? I have the Nov. 18, 1948 manifest arriving in New York.
i saw that you may have a manifest of the nov. 18 1948 ernie pyle arriving in ny
Lilly Black,
Family Search is presently indexing the passengers and crews of aircraft and ships that arrived at New York in 1947.
I just indexed page after page of lists of people who arrived in New York on the February 7 -18 trip from Bremen to New York.
I guess next they will do 1948. Very probably they will have your mom listed and available on their computer service soon.
They have clearly-written (some even typed) lists of the people, with age, gender and nationalities listed.
When the indexing is done, you will not have to “search”. Just type in the name and year.
I do not know how to enter the Family Search computerized lists, but they are available to the general public and are kept by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) and will probably have a web site with the name Family Search.
Glenn Jacobs
what happened 1947 just outside the port of Antwerp Belgium. Seams that the USS Ernie Pyle almost sank. Would appreciate any info. on the incident.
Tina
1947 ,we sailed from Antwerp Belgium late at night on the Ernie Pyle, we ran into a severe storm and were strapped to our bunks. I shared a room with two other women who’s names I’m sorry to say can’t recall;. But the worst time we exsperienced happened only miles away from NY. We could not sail and lay in wait untill things calmed down. The good news was that a lttle boy was born that night whom they named after the Ernie pyle
I was on that ship. I was barely one years old. I came as a quota from Wetzlar Germany. not to long ago I met a man who also was . he was older about 18 years and was in concentration camps. He wrote a book about it.
My Grandfather Henry Allen Johnson was a gaurd on the Maiden voyage going to japan. He said they stalled on the equator and had to wait for another engine. He was a tank mechanic. He used to have pictures, but they were lost or taken. If anyone has any it would be wonderful if you could post them. See if we have anyone who knows eachother.
Unfortunately, this is the only one I have. The USS Ernie Pyle took my father home after the war, which is why he was so fond of it.
I was born in Berlin, March 3rd, 1940, a natural-born US citizen, as my mother was born in Chicago. Two of my older brothers were born in Chicago and the rest of us four kids were born at my Grandfather’s, Dr. Oskar Weiss, TB Hospital in Sudende, Berlin. We were bombed out in September, 1943. First we went East to a collective farm, then in late ’44 we traveled to Northern Germany and were in a British DP camp until after the war ended. My mother’s relatives in Everett WA petitioned Senetor Henry “Scoop” Jackson to get us back to America. We traveled on the the USS Ernie Plye in the Summer of 1946 and we were sea-sick most of the way but happy to get to the US of A. I went to a first grade class in South Everett where I heard that a kid went home and told his mother, ” Hey Mom, there’s a German kid in class with us and do you know what? He looks just like us.”
Amazing story, Hans! Thanks for sharing it.
I just wanted to added that my grandfather was on that same journey in 1946 . He got out of Soviet controlled Poland in 1946 through the city of Gdyania. He was born in America and went to Poland in 1913. It was Senator Henry Cabot Lodge who was instrumental in making this happen.
I have records of my great-grandfather and his four children one of which is my grandfather who came to America from Gdynia, Poland. They left December 23rd 1947 and arrived in the port of New York on January 6th of 1948. They were allowed to come because my great-grandfather was born in Boston.
Thank you for sharing your story, Joe. My great-grandfather is also from Poland.
I am looking for anyone who was on the Ernie Pyle in June 1947 when Holocaust survivors were being transported.
My father was on this ship and it would mean a lot to me if I could find out information about the ship, the situation, etc at that time.
Thank you very much
I am a holocaust survivor who sailed on the USS ERNIE PYLE in August 1947 from Bremem, Germany to New York after liberation and DP camp
My father told me he was on the ss Ernie Pyle during the war. He passed away in 2008. We have a coffee table that was made from a hatch board from the ship, wondering if it should be in a museum?
My friend’s father might have been on the same voyage as you. Also on board was Molly Picon.
My Grandmother, Selma Metzger, left Bremen, Germany on the SS Ernie Pyle April 8, 1947 for NYC. I haven’t yet found a passenger manifest. If any one has links or pictures or fellow passengers on this sailing I’d be interested to connect.
Miriam Feder,
The Family Search organization is presently indexing lists of passengers and crew of ships and planes that arrived in New York in 1947.
I have just indexed page after page of lists of passengers on the SS/Ernie Pyle’s February 7-18 trip from Bremen to New York.
The information will be available free to the general public.
This work is being done by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons).
I do not know how to access the computerized lists, but they will probably be on a Family Search website.
Glenn Jacobs
I was on the Ernie Pyle along with my father (Heinrich Glade) and my sister (Edith). We sailed from Bremen and arrived
in New York on September 30th 1946. We had gone to Germany in 1939 to visit family and could
not return until after the war.
Looking for a passenger list leaving Anthwerp Oct 1947 to NY..?
Friends of men survivors of the holocaust by the nme of Celia and fizzia?nsere on board. Last nsmesAMI r. I have been searching for them
I crossed the Atlantic in this ship from Germany to NewYork among a full load of emigrants. I remember it well – April 1947. My Father in Law came back from Okinawa on this ship prior to her going to North Europe to pick us up.