Other Interesting Stuff
Tom Bowerman, the founder and original webmaster of this website, bless his heart, included things on the site that sometimes defy easy characterization. Your current webmaster keeps finding odd things as he explores the site; it's a real treasure hunt. These bits and pieces are presented below. A few of these items have been added by the current webmaster.
American Gold Star Mothers and the Merchant Marine
Bari, Italy; memorial to victims of bombing, December 2, 1943: photo 1; photo 2; memorial to USAT CHARLES HENDERSON, bombed and exploded in Bari April 9, 1945, leading to deaths of 48 Americans and 318 Italians; contributed by Pasquale B. Trizio, Italian Mariners Association Bari, May 2011
Burying the Dead, Pearl Harbor, December 1941
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Cambridge, England
Cardiff, South Wales
Congressional Citation for Armed Guard Service
Connecticut Armed Guard and Merchant Marine killed in action in World War II
Arctic Convoys Conference, Reykjavík, Iceland, July 2008
Convoys of the Murmansk Run
D-Day
Flag display box
Fort Trumbull Monument, New London, Connecticut; contributed by Rich D'Ambrosio
German propaganda leaflet
Good Old Days
Greatest Generation
Greetings and photograph from Russian Allied friends
Headstone, Markers and Medallions provided for deceased veterans by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Hiroshima
J. A. Jones Shipyard
Jacksonville, Florida, Veterans' Day Parade, November 2002
Japanese soldiers being repatriated from the Philippines; photographed aboard SS EDWARD EVERETT in Tokyo Bay in 1946: photo 1, photo 2, contributed by Randall Peterson
Keep It Coming! World War II poster
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon, certificate issued for crossing the International Date Line, contributed by Mark Kaminsky who received it from his father
Letter to President George W. Bush, from James W. Biscardi, Armed Guard veteran, undated
Letter (second) to President George W. Bush, from James W. Biscardi, Armed Guard veteran,
1 April 2005, and Biscardi's comments (page 1 and page 2) on his letter
Lo Tec Palmer's Page (includes photographs of World War II aircraft)
Lori Hoey Customized Graphics
Maritime Day proclamations, locations in State of Washington, 2004 and 2005
Massing of the Colors, The Citadel Military College, Charleston, SC, 6 March 2005
Merchant Marine Memorial, Camden, NJ
Merchant Marine song
Old Armed Guards Never Die - they just fade away
Personal Stories
- Charles E. "Chuck" Betsworth, Canadian Merchant Navy
- Hector A. Cafferata, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps, Korea
- Terry Demarco, registered nurse on SS CONSTITUTION
- Brian H. Hope, former Chairman, Project Liberty Ship
- William H Jones, U.S. Marine Corps
- Ode to Marianne, wife of Armed Guard veteran Roy Kurtzman
- Giles McCoy, survivor of USS INDIANAPOLIS
Poetry
- Of Guns and Friends, by LCDR Bob Prinselaar
- Poems, by Robert S. Castle, Jr.
- Navy's Armed Guard, by Otis Leach, GM3/C, SS LOUIS HENNEPIN
- Ode to the WEST TEXAS, by Walter E. Boyce, submitted by Jon Arend
- Saga of the Murmansk Run, by George X. Hurley
- We Still Remember, by Steven C. Myers
Reflections on the Service of Merchant Mariners in World War II
Reunion, American Export Lines, March 2005
Reunion, Tin Can Sailors
Russian Convoy Club
Russian convoy medal, available to Armed Guard and merchant marine veterans
Shoemaker (California) Navy Training and Distribution Center
Site Awards
Stories, pictures and other things
Stories and pictures
South Daytona Elementary School celebrates Constitution Day
Sun Seamen's Memorial, losses aboard Sun Oil Company tankers during World War II
Thanksgiving Day menu aboard SS O.M. BERNUTH, 1942, courtesy Mike Allard
U-boat crew that milked cows in New Zealand
United States Naval Armed custom license plate, State of New York only
U.S. Merchant Marine postage stamp
U.S. Merchant Marine / U.S. Navy Armed Guard memorial in Camden, New Jersey
U.S. Merchant Marine / U.S. Navy Armed Guard memorial in Duluth, Minnesota
U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II, East Coast chapter, Charleston, SC; letter to the editor
War Brides
Warriors Medal of Valor, awarded to Tom Bowerman
What Is It?
World War I Armed Guard cartoons
World War I Navy recruiting poster
World War II Armed Guard cartoon
World War II Navy cartoons
World War II Navy recruiting poster
World War II pictures
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