* * * * * The SS Brazil made the Atlantic crossing safely and put into Bermuda for provisions on Wednesday, 8 th July 1942; where the ship picked up an additional 252 construction workers, running out on their contract with the air base. Bermuda Island. After a fleeting two-day port of call, she set out on her final leg of the journey to New York; Friday, 10 th July 1942. This was the most dangerous leg, because America, at this stage of the war, lacked the necessary ships and planes to adequately patrol the East Coast for German submarine “Wolf Packs.” In fact it was so bad that summer of ’42 - one night during this leg of the journey - my parents actually witnessed explosive flashes and fires erupting beyond the horizon. It was...