The Forgotten Branch: Author Jack Beritzhoff Remembers the Merchant Marine

Row of white crosses in an American cemetery

Row of white crosses in an American cemetery; image by Marion Doss @ flickr.com, used through a Creative Commons License:

“Standing in the grassy sod bordering row upon row of white crosses in an American cemetery, two dungaree-clad Coast Guardsmen pay silent homage to the memory of a fellow Coast Guardsman who lost his life in action in the Ryukyu Islands.” Benrud, ca. 1945.

Row of white crosses in an American cemetery; image by Marion Doss @ flickr.com, used through a Creative Commons License:

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