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'''Born:''' August 25, 1907

'''Ship:''' ''M/T Koll''

'''Sievert Handegaard''' was one of a group of Norwegian merchant seamen curing in the Sageman Cottage in September of 1942. For a column named "Cottage Calls," ''The Guild News'' interviewed him: Sievert (Squeaky) Handegaard is well acquainted with America. For two years he sailed on the Great Lakes from Chicago to Buffalo. That life was too quiet, so "Squeaky" went into the Norwegian merchant marine. He got all the excitement he was looking for. Last May his boat was bombed by Germans from the air. "They aren't very good shots" he said. "Some of those bombs missed the boat by a couple of feet. Got pretty wet from the spray though."

On May 22, 1944, Sivert Handegard from Norway was seen by Dr. J. N. Hayes. He was a sailor, age 36. At that time he was staying at 71 Bloomingdale Avenue.