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In World War II, per capita, more merchant sailors were lost than in any other service.
Service Number serving War Dead Percent Ratio
Merchant Marine 243,000 9,521 3.90% 1 in 26
Marines 669,108 19,733 2.94% 1 in 34
Army 11,268,000 234,874 2.08% 1 in 48
Navy 4,183,466 36,958 0.88% 1 in 114
Coast Guard 242,093 574 0.24% 1 in 421
Total 16,576,667 295,790 1.78% 1 in 56
The Merchant Marines are the supply line of the Armed Forces as well as the lifeblood of the modern global economy. Not until recently were Merchant Marine Veterans of WWII granted VA benefits... Our role in the world is largely invisible.
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Montgomery County Schools had sent all students home early and in a rush, fear another attack like the one that occurred less than 40 miles away at the Pentagon. I came home to my mother who held me like she never has before or since.
Then the towers fell. And there was a report of a plane crashing in Pennsylvania. Were there more attacks about to happen? I had just watched three thousand people die on Fox News.
I had only seen my father cry once before.
Then it hit me. My thirteen year old mind had just figured out what was going on. Someone hated this country enough to kill thousands of people, innocent people. People who were just busy living their lives, going to work. People who had families. People who could have accomplished great things. They were taken from us because a man in cave said so.
I vowed to never let this happen again. This day, eight years set me on the path I am on.
When I graduated high school I decided to attend the United States Coast Guard Academy. I am no longer with the Coast Guard. God had other plans for me. But I love this country and my desire to defend it has not yet subsided.
Today it pains me to see the state of political debate. On one side there are those who are ashamed of this great nation and insist on establishing a soft tyranny upon us. On the other stand the people. Only time will tell who will win. But I refuse to believe that this nation will fall from grace so quickly. May the people take back control.
May God always Bless the united States of America. May the sacrifice of the those three thousand souls not be in vein.
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