Book by Sonja Olsen Kinard, Thora Olsen Kimsey In 1993, my sister, Thora, and I set out on a journey together. We had no idea where the road would lead. Even though we were only 12 and 8 years of age at the beginning of World War II, we remembered when the two oil tankers were torpedoed by a German U-boat about 15 miles off the coast of St. Simons Island, Ga. Our father, Olaf Helmer Olsen, a civilian at the time, was asked to help rescue the survivors. Only with one crew member, he reached the survivors and brought them back to the dock. This was the inspiration for our idea of a "walking/talking" history of Glynn County, Georgia during World War II. There were Naval Stations in Glynn County as well as a shipyard that built Liberty Ships. There were many still living who experienced what happened on the homefront. It took us six years to complete the project. My sister, Thora, died of cancer four months before the book came off the press. This book is her legacy as the idea to launch the project was hers. However, it was a project that could only be accomplished with two of us working together. Sonja was reared on St. Simons Island, Ga. She graduated from Glynn Academy High School in Brunswick, Ga. and Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina. She taught in parochial and public schools for 18 years. For we years she was Executive Assistant at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta, Ga. Her published works include a Sunday School series for Fourth grade, "Songs of the Church," and a story, "I Remember Cumberland with My Dad," which was published in Mary Miller's book, "On Christmas Creek." Sonja returned to Glynn County in 2001 where she is active in the St. Simons Library League, a non-profit organization that helps support the St. Simons Library. She is director of the Children's Choir at her home church, St. James Evangelical Lutheran. Used Book in Good Condition