American Years Revisited

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  • American Years Revisited records and shares the stories connected to 31 years of US Naval Base presence on the Holy Loch (from 1961 to 1992) and the impact this has had on the history and heritage of our community. We are working to uncover and record the wealth of information from Dunoon and across the Atlantic and to preserve and present this in ways that engage with local people, visitors and people online around the world.
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  • Ep 08 - Audrey MacDougall and the Officers Wives Club
    May 18 2022

    In this episode John Kelly talks to Audrey McDougall about the officers' wives club during the American Years in Dunoon.

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    28 m
  • Ep 06 - A diver’s story - ex-American Navy diver Don Gabel talks about his life
    May 17 2022

    Don was a diver at the American military base on the Holy Loch in Argyll Scotland. Don tells us about his life in Hawaii then travelling to Italy and finally settling in Scotland at the Holy Loch. His accounts of life above and below the waves paints a very clear picture of operations at the base and why so many servicemen came to choose Dunoon at home.

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    27 m
  • Ep 05 - Cuban Missile Crisis - Gerry’s Tale
    May 17 2022

    In this episode Gerry Pursley shares a first-hand account of active service on the Proteus at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. With no warning the Proteus left the Holy Loch and headed for the North Atlantic. The ship wasn’t quite sea ready as they left in such a hurry, this lead to all sorts of situations that you’ll hear Gerry describing in rich detail.

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    19 m

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