ARC nurses aid from Miami. who was making her third voyage aboard an ARC mercy ship 4etween Havana and Port Everglades. With a tearful smile. she told fellow ARC workers that "No matter how often you do this. you can never take it for granted when you give this kind of help to people." After the ship was well out at sea. United Fruit Co. stewards served all refugees with beef stew. rice and beans. cream pie. coffee. milk. and apples. Mess lines were set up on deck and in the holds. Volunteers from among the passengers carried food to those who were too old or infirm to climb the steep ladders out of the holds. Most of the children went to bed early. rocked to sleep as tkis "night boat to freedom" rolled northward through the choppy waters of the Florida Strait. Up in the stewards department. crew members worked through the night preparing a hot breakfast for the refugees. Enterprise Day
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