show us your Barney West - General Tiki

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10872	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Fri, Dec 8, 2017 10:45 PM I was looking for dates of birth and death on Barney West for my On This Day in Tiki History. I read about how he was in the Merchant Marine in the South Pacific and that his ship was torpedoed. That we was stranded on an island for 6 months and learned to carve from the natives, escaping from the island just before the Japanese attacked. Very cool Then I read that his name was Cecil Westerberg (nicknamed Barney), that he got into trouble for smoking marijuana (oh the horror :lol: ) and that he learned to carve as part of his "rehabilitation" Then he shortened his name from Westerberg to West and made up the story about South Pacific! I'm not trying to speak ill of the man and it wouldn't the first time someone embellished their past. Anyone know anything of this?

I was looking for dates of birth and death on Barney West for my On This Day in Tiki History. I read about how he was in the Merchant Marine in the South Pacific and that his ship was torpedoed. That we was stranded on an island for 6 months and learned to carve from the natives, escaping from the island just before the Japanese attacked. Very cool

Then I read that his name was Cecil Westerberg (nicknamed Barney), that he got into trouble for smoking marijuana (oh the horror :lol: ) and that he learned to carve as part of his "rehabilitation" Then he shortened his name from Westerberg to West and made up the story about South Pacific!

I'm not trying to speak ill of the man and it wouldn't the first time someone embellished their past. Anyone know anything of this?

Post #782151 by MadDogMike on Fri, Dec 8, 2017 10:45 PM