Date (happened)
c. December 1945
(probable)
passage 543708 (lecture nid 1768): 'the war broke in the end of 1945 ... the first ship out of there I sailed' (per processing notes, he means the war ended), corroborated by passage 544236 (nid 1783, certain, 1971-07-19): 'I sailed the end of December -- New Year's'
Told / reported
20 February 1964
(probable)
lecture nid 1768's only delivery claim (d0, probable, chrome dateline '2/20/64')