Newspaper Articles relating to Merchant Marine at War, Struggle for Veteran Status, and Support for Merchant Marine
Aid offered to mariners. News of ships Assisting in Hurricane Katrina relief
Students in new program learn A,B, Seas, By Larry "E" Crutchfield, USTRANSCOM News Service - Weekly News Summary, August 9, 2002
Stop the grave robbers, Editorial, Augusta Chronicle [GA], Saturday, August 3, 2002
From a Sunken Ship, A Nasty Divers' Feud Bubbles to the Surface: Team Takes Relics From Vessel Where War Heroes Died; 'All Hell Broke Loose.' By Peter Grant, Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2002
Online archives from The Rapid City Journal Online.
www.rapidcityjournal.com, April 28, 2002U.S. Merchant Marine Flag joins other Armed Forces Flags at Mt. Rushmore, Press Release by Congressman John Thune, April 8, 2002
British Newspaper Neuters Ships, Lloyd's List, AP, March 21, 2002
Memory sails on swell of patriotism, by John Luck, The Washington Times, December 6, 2001
Merchant Marines Want Theirs, By Eli Setencich, The Fresno Bee, June 20, 2001
One final victory: WWII merchant seamen restore a ship and take it for a cruise, by Tom Berg, The Orange County Register, May 18, 2001
Ceremony honors members of Merchant Marine killed in combat, by Andrea Cavanaugh, Associated Press, Contra Costa Times, Richmond, California, May 20, 2001
Set In Stone: Merchant Mariners want to keep their memorial in place, by Robert A. Hamilton Robert Patterson/ The Day, May 14,2001
Merchant mariners respond to letter: A Berkeley man's note to Dear Abby, urging the service's WWII veterans to sign up for benefits, brought a flood of mail, by Tony Hicks, West County Times [Richmond, California] Tuesday, May 8, 2001
World War II mariners are entitled to benefits, DEAR ABBY, Abigail Van Buren, [Syndicated in countless neswpapers] San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 2001
The Spirit Of Veterans Day, by Ed Lowe, Newsday, November 10, 2000
Final port: the scrap heap. An ocean liner that carried Marines, missionaries and millionaires has a date with a breakers yard, by Steve Huettel, St. Petersburg Times, July 1, 2000
Credit due mariners who delivered the goods, by Jack Lessenberry, Toledo Blade [Ohio] June 25, 2000
Merchant mariners hero status saluted at Lasdon, by David Novich, The Journal News [Westchester County NY], May 29, 2000
War Heroes Overlooked Too Long, by B. D. Hammer, New York Daily News, May 20, 2000
Old war's victims forgotten no longer [Privateers of War of 1812 buried in Halifax], by Colin Nickerson, Boston Globe, May 12, 2000
For WWII Vet (finally), Fight Never Ended by Douglas Kalajian, Palm Beach Post, April 5, 2000
Canadian Merchant Navy vets win $50M compensation by Brodie Fenlon, London Free Press Reporter, February 2, 2000
How U.S. Merchant Marine Fared During WWII by Daniel Horodysky, Insight on the News, January 3, 2000
Not So Merry Christmas by Daniel Horodysky, Berkeley Daily Planet, December 26, 1999
American Mariners in World War II: First to Go; Last to Return, by Daniel Horodysky, Berkeley Daily Planet, December 6, 1999
Sister Act: Siblings enjoy companionship at military academy by Jason Trahan, courtesy Arlington Morning News, November 13, 1999
Family Visits Grave of Sailor, by Amy Horton, The Brunswick News, [Georgia] June 24, 1999
Close to Home [Georgians Identify Mariners Killed on SS Oklahoma in 1942], by Bill Hendrick, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, February 14, 1999
German U-boat commander: Oklahoma was 'a sitting duck,' by Bill Hendrick, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, February 14, 1999
An Overdue Honor: 54 years after death, veteran gets his due, by Victor Chen, Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., April 3, 1999
Sailing under fire, A World War II history of the American merchant fleet gets an update, by William Gordon, THE STAR-LEDGER, Newark, N.J., February 27, 1999
Mariners dismayed by anonymous bill change, by B. Jonathan Osborne, The Hill, The Capitol Newspaper, February 24, 1999
African-American Mariners in American History, Viewpoint by Tamara Horodysky, Berkeley Voice, February 18, 1999
The Tale of the Aging Mariners: Some Merchant Seamen Still Lack Veteran Status, by Melissa B. Robinson, Associated Press, Washington Post, January 19, 1999
Fifty years later, still no recognition. Letter to Editor by Edward H. Aho, Journal of Commerce, July 22, 1998
Justice for merchant mariners Guest Opinion by Daniel Horodysky. Journal of Commerce, July 21, 1998
WWII Merchant Seamen Want Final Recognition. Sailors who saw action want honorable discharge by Robert Steyer. St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 11, 1998
Honor for the Forgotten Service by B.D. Hammer. New York Daily News, Dec. 12, 1997
Neglected American Heroes Sink Foes of Veteran Status by Gayle M.B. Hanson, Insight, May 5, 1997
Fight's Not Over for WWII Merchant Marine. About 4,000 former seafarers continue their battle to be recognized as wartime veterans by Dawn Fallik Associated Press, September 10, 1997
Memorial to martyred mariners rededicated by Bill Franz. Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, August 26, 1997 [excerpts]
Remembering Vietnam's Forgotten Seamen by Stephen Schwartz. San Francisco Chronicle, October 20, 1997
Recognition Sought by Heroic Wartime Merchant Marine Veterans by Daniel Horodysky. San Francisco Examiner, April 21, 1997 [Also sent out on several wires and appeared in a number of newspapers around the country.]
Stormy Voyage in Search of Respect by Ed Foster-Simeon, Insight, September 7, 1987
Grandfather, What Did You Do In The War? by Charla Wasel. Evening Independent [St. Petersburg, FL], September 5, 1979
SS Badger State Rocked by Blasts. Compilation from New York Times, Dec. 26, 1969 to Jan. 16, 1970 and Sawyer and Mitchell's From America to United States, volume 2.
Hero of Sea Fire [Bruno Baretich], Honored by WSA, Second Officer Who Brought in 'Gas' Laden Ship Gets Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal, New York Times, September 22, 1945
Huge U.S. Service Army Rushes Supplies to Front, By Raymond Daniell, New York Times, August 19, 1944
U.S. Ships Deliver 'Tommies' On Beach, By Gene Currivan, New York Times, June 21,1944
HEROES! Merchant Seamen Are D-Day Heroes, New York Times, Editorial, June 10, 1944
"Little Old New York," Madeleine Carroll supports the Merchant Marine, Ed Sullivan, New York Daily News, December 13, 1942
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