The benefits for the inhabitants of Seine Bight were not limited only to economics. The village also benefited educationally. Communication with the men in Scotland by letters served as a means of lasting, learning experiences for the villagers and their school children. History and geography became alive and meaningful as the students learnt of different towns and cities of Scotland - Dumfries, Dunbar, Kirkpatrick, etc. Mathematics lessons involving the use of L. (Pounds) S. (Shillings) and D. (Pence) became a practical application. For the first time we saw and handled sterling notes (British money).

Seine Bight families also learnt a powerful lesson that during war, letters were heavily censored as they were routinely opened, meticulously read and parts cut out before they were posted from Scotland and directed to their final destinations.

After the men returned home they shared many fascinating stories of their journey through Boston, Halifax and across the Atlantic Ocean. Ships traveled in convoys. The one carrying members of the British Honduras unit was torpedoed by the Japanese. After the scare, they managed to limp safely into Liverpool harbor in England. In school we had only learnt of the warm Atlantic currents traveling all the way to the western coast of British Isles.