Bernard Smith, 2007
- Branch of Service: Merchant Marines
- Military Service: commissioned, 1942 - 1949
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
0:00 - Dungaree Navy; lost many merchant marines; operated ships in convoys (up to 120 ships)
4:30 - About 20 trips back and forth across North Atlantic
5:10 - The difference between the military and the Dungaree Navy
6:55 - Hog Island Ship, turbine driven; Liberty and Victory ships
9:05 - Morse code no longer used; radio operators not needed anymore
10:09 - Emergency distress calls and codes; 60-80 men perished whenever a submarine went down
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