Merchant Marine here and elsewhere
In light of today's news:
From the PG in 2004: Unsung Heroes of World War II: Seamen of the Merchant Marine still struggle for recognition. That piece actually spurred me to send in a letter to the editor which wasn't printed at the time. If I can find it I will append it here later.
Also, not to steal Jason T's thunder, but his brief history of the SS Mckeesport is a good read as well.
and while the threats have morphed the dangers have not. My father served as a member of the Naval Armed Guard in WWII.
and I know a few, though none in town these days. I wonder how many Pittsburghers are alumni of any of the Merchant Marine academies.
From the PG in 2004: Unsung Heroes of World War II: Seamen of the Merchant Marine still struggle for recognition. That piece actually spurred me to send in a letter to the editor which wasn't printed at the time. If I can find it I will append it here later.
Also, not to steal Jason T's thunder, but his brief history of the SS Mckeesport is a good read as well.
and while the threats have morphed the dangers have not. My father served as a member of the Naval Armed Guard in WWII.
and I know a few, though none in town these days. I wonder how many Pittsburghers are alumni of any of the Merchant Marine academies.
posted by C. Briem at Sunday, April 12, 2009
3 Comments:
Gotta wonder what the Admiral would be blogging about right now.
COMBLOGFLT is out there I would bet.
I'm in a community band and we do a concert at Rodef Shalom every year around Veteran's Day. We play "The Armed Forces Salute" with the Merchant Marine's song inserted-- there are a few Merchant Marines who attend the concert. So there are a few out there...
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