Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for WW2 Merchant Mariners - 05/18/2022.
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On the above video go to 44:50 to hear Mr. Dave Yoho's speech, he is 94 years old and delivered an amazing passionate speech about the Merchant Marine during WWII. Thank you for your service to our country Mr. Yoho and glad you were finally recognized and received the Congressional Gold Medal. Heave Ho!
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I was shipmates with a few of those guys when I first started going to sea.. On my first merchant ship [sailing as a cadet] both Third Mates had been torpedoed in the Atlantic; with one having been torpedoed twice.. The one that had survived being sunk twice had also been in Montevideo on a Norwegian freighter and had witnessed the scuttling of the GRAFF SPEE. I also sailed for many years with a radio operator that had made the Murmansk run in convoy PQ-17.. All those guys had some epic sea stories. A good book that documents the heavy losses suffered by the US Merchant Marine during World War II is 'A Careless Word... ...A Needless Sinking' by Captain Arthur R. Moore [KP class of '44].
During the war Kings Point had what was known as the 'Tin Fish Club'.. It was comprised of USMMA Cadet-Midshipmen who had survived their ship being sunk due to enemy action. They even had a membership card and certificate..
During the war Kings Point had what was known as the 'Tin Fish Club'.. It was comprised of USMMA Cadet-Midshipmen who had survived their ship being sunk due to enemy action. They even had a membership card and certificate..