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United States Merchant Marine Academy - Midships Yearbook (Kings Point, NY)

 - Class of 1956

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Page 8 text:

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• • • jpsts came ■ nes of the-“Rising Sun'’ dropped out of the West upon Pearl Harbor they caught the whole o! the United States nation unprepared lor war. Perhaps our worst deficiency was The valuable “Third Arm which bad poured a flood of troops and supplies |HK|kP Hrope in the first World War had declined into a weak fourth-place among the peaceful sea-going nations of the world. One day the peoples of America were celebrating a pre-Christmas Sunday: the next they were at war. Could the American Merchant Marine afford war? Very shortly the need was recognized, and a stepped-up ship-huilding program resulted. What about the men to man the vessels daily sliding down the ways of our humming shipyards? The Maritime Commission established man) specialized training centers on both coasts. The most urgent demand was for trained, capable officers. For this end the United States Merchant Marine Academy was established at Kings Point. New ork. This, then, was the cradle of our Academy, the second World War. Our nation was engaged in a most deadly struggle for freedom, and her Merchant Marine was in its blackest hour. Our troops were engaged on two fronts with thousands of miles of oceans between them and their supply terminals. These same oceans were the hunting grounds of the infamous submarine wolf-packs. Our ships were either lightly-armed or not armed at all, yet time and again they ventured forth to bring desperately-needed supplies to the front. Yet, the staggering losses continued to rise. The hour was crucial. The crisis had truly come.

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This edition of MID tribute to those two our War For these-missing men Mttn iug of surrender NM-Tbeir courage gffri 3jf£axery in the s he •ed-and-twelve face of elemen preserved here tribute may ht been published small 1956 OINT, NEW YORK MARITIME ADMINISTRATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 1

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