Lt. Olaf H. Olsen, Sr.
From the files of Mrs. Olaf H. Olsen, Sr.
Lourine II
Owner, Charles Howard Candler
Courtesy of Sam and Betsy Candler
Burning Torpedoed Tanker
From the files of Mrs. Olaf H. Olsen, Sr.
The people of Glynn County, Georgia took seriously their roles in the war effort.
Red Cross Volunteers rolling bandages.
A WAVE at Glynco (Blimp Base) releasing a weather balloon.
In the days before the war, a man casts for fish to sell from his wheelbarrow on the streets of Brunswick.
Emil J. Kratt (left), Vice-President of J. A. Jones Construction Company and General Manager of the Brunswick Shipyard.
Captain Olaf H.Olsen, civilian who rescued the survivors of the torpedoed merchant ships.
Lourine II: 42 foot yacht Olsen used to rescue survivors.
SS Baton Rouge after being torpedoed by U-123.
Picture taken from lifeboat.
Civlians and many of them women worked in shifts around the clock building Liberty Ships.
Courtesy of Sea Island Archives.
Courtesy of Phyllis Steinmann
Mr John D. Pellett, Assistant General Manager Brunswick Shipyard, J. A. Jones Construction Company is on the left.
