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American Years Revisited

American Years Revisited

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 American Years Revisited records and shares the stories connected to 31 years of US Naval Base presence on the Holy Loch (from 1961 to 1992) and the impact this has had on the history and heritage of our community. We are working to uncover and record the wealth of information from Dunoon and across the Atlantic and to preserve and present this in ways that engage with local people, visitors and people online around the world.Copyright 2022 All rights reserved. World
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  • Diversity in Dunoon Before the Arrival of the American Navy

    Diversity in Dunoon Before the Arrival of the American Navy
    May 20 2025

    Welcome back to American Years Revisited, the story of the American Navy on the Clyde at the Holy Loch. I’m Kate Simpson from the American Years Revisited team.
    Our focus for this season is diversity in its various guises.
    This first episode explores what ethnic diversity looked like in Dunoon before the arrival of the American Navy. Our American participants also talk about diversity in the communities they grew up with back in the States.

    In this episode you’ll hear from our project regulars: Andrene,Margaret, Gerry, Don and Phil. Ann, our project lead, joins theconversation, too. The discussion was facilitated by AlasdairSatchel who also produced this episode.


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    43 mins
  • Ep 08 - Audrey MacDougall and the Officers Wives Club

    Ep 08 - Audrey MacDougall and the Officers Wives Club
    May 18 2022

    In this episode John Kelly talks to Audrey McDougall about the officers' wives club during the American Years in Dunoon.
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    28 mins
  • Ep 06 - A diver’s story - ex-American Navy diver Don Gabel talks about his life

    Ep 06 - A diver’s story - ex-American Navy diver Don Gabel talks about his life
    May 17 2022

    Don was a diver at the American military base on the Holy Loch in Argyll Scotland. Don tells us about his life in Hawaii then travelling to Italy and finally settling in Scotland at the Holy Loch. His accounts of life above and below the waves paints a very clear picture of operations at the base and why so many servicemen came to choose Dunoon at home.
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    27 mins

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