Even now Admiral Rickover shakes his head at his own actions. After some coaxing he relented and presented the tickets and the family boarded. On board the ship. the three family members were assigned to a small space on one of the lower decks. in steerage. The steamship line supplied loaves of stale bread and a barrel of salt herring for the steerage passengers for the entire trip. which took 9 days. But most of these passengers had brought their own food along. it too. wrapped in bedsheets. because they could not eat any food. even bread. which might have lard in it. It all had to be kosher.
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