California Lutheran University hosted a presentation and discussion on the impact of the Norwegian merchant fleet on World ...
In the earliest days of World War II, Merchant Mariners crossing the Atlantic Ocean bound for England were easy prey for the Nazi U-boats lurking in its icy waters. Some 36,000 Allied military sailors ...
VANCOUVER, Wash. — In 1944 Julian Thorne Hilts' older brother had just joined the Navy. Thorne, as he's known by, wanted to help fight alongside the men fighting for his country during World War II, ...
Throughout American history, private ships have been used in times of conflict. This first use occurred on June 12, 1775, at Machias, Maine, when a group of American colonists captured the British ...
In June 1775 in Machias, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), townspeople refused to provide the British with lumber to build barracks for their troops, resulting in the British bringing in the armed ...
VERO BEACH, Fla. — The highest award a U.S. Merchant Marine can earn was given to a 100-year-old World War II veteran in Vero Beach Monday morning. The medal presentation happened at Veterans Memorial ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. For Admiral Karl Donitz, disrupting Allied merchant shipping from North America to Europe required a force of 300 submarines. By January 1943, he ...
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