AmishRocket t1_iwfcs1q wrote
Reply to comment by LipTrev in TIL that the civilian sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine had a higher casualty rate during World War II than any branch of the armed forces. by p38-lightning
Captured merchant marines in the Pacific were placed in Japanese POW camps and hell ships, just as members of the military.
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