Dramatic Photos

Mercantile "Merchant" Marine

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Underpaid, terrible conditions, and all to often an awful end...these brave souls, offically non-combatants, were the life line to England who, for too long, stood alone... The Battle of the Atlantic was not won by any Navy or any Air Force, it was won by the courage, fortitude and determination of the British and Allied Merchant Navy - Rear Admiral Leonard W. Murray