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Hello and welcome to our series of family stories, the podcast written by you, the listeners.

This episode's Family Story features a naval theme, work at sea, LCT work on D-Day,

U-boat hunting, and golfing with Admiral Tovey.

This week we're starting with the story from Michael.

And Michael begins. This family story concerns my uncle Jack Plunkett, who was born in Greenock in Scotland

in 1921.

When war broke out in 1939, Jack was 18 years old and in his third year apprenticeship at

the electrical field.

The company worked for, the Scottish Western electrical contractors, was commandeered by the Royal Navy.

Their warships were brought into the Grenac area in large numbers to protect Britain's merchant

ships. Come high winds or rough seas, Jack was responsible for servicing any issues that arose in these

ships. He soon mastered the art of climbing a rope ladder up the side of a massive vessel, heavy

tools slung around his neck.

His work on ships often entailed start-to-finish projects, which meant working all day,

all night, until the job was done.

On top of that, Jack put in many extra hours on land, working with his friend Jimmy to put

out fires caused by incendiary bombs

with buckets of sand.

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