Republished with permission. Chapter 16 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
Karel Frederik Lodewijk Morlang was born in Vlissingen on 3 December 1919, the son of Jan Morlang and Catharina de Buck. His father served as a sailor and victualling steward with the Royal Netherlands Navy, Read more
Jan Cornelis Maasland was born in Brandwijk, South Holland, on 17 March 1926. He was the son of Gerrit Maasland, born in Molenaarsgraaf in 1891, and Clara de Ruijter, born in Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen in Read more
Dirk Hartman Dorchain was born in Rotterdam on 22 April 1925, the son of Dirk Hartman Dorchain, an office clerk, and Johanna Clazina Schalkwijk. Around 1950, he married Teuna Boer, whose name was sometimes recorded Read more