Posted by HuskerMedic on July 29, 2020 at 18:59:59 from (76.84.51.245):
In Reply to: Liberty Ships posted by Ultradog MN on July 29, 2020 at 02:53:01:
Just out of high school, I worked in the hardware store in my hometown of 2,000 people. The old guy who had owned the hardware store for decades but sold it still worked there part time. Think mid-1980's.
He had been in the Merchant Marine during WW 2. It is my understanding that they were the people who staffed the Liberty Ships, among other things.
He said that the Merchant Marine had the highest percentage of casualties of any branch of the service during WW 2. Not the most overall casualties, but the highest percentage.
There probably weren't that many people in the Merchant Marine compared to other branches, so I tend to think he was probably correct.
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