THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE DURING WORLD WAR II

• A Salute to African Americans for War Time Service in the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Maritime Service

  "The Merchant Marine at D-Day," article by former Maritime Administrator Albert J. Herberger. Quotes by Allied war leaders. FACT SHEET issued by the War Shipping Administration, May, 1945.

• THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE AT WAR, report to the President by the War Shipping Administrator, Jan. 15, 1946.

• U.S. Merchant Marine Medals and Decorations, and fact sheet.

• U.S. Merchant Marine Flag fact sheet.

• 1945 NATIONAL MARITIME DAY Proclamation -- the last proclamation issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

• Press releases by the WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION, WASHINGTON, DC, 1945.

• "Battle for the North Atlantic," by Edward Oxford, reprinted with permission from American History Illustrated, November/December 1993 issue.

• U.S. Merchant Marine - U.S. Navy Armed Guard - "We deliver."  Bronze relief depicting a convoy under attack while enroute to Murmansk during World War II.  U.S. Navy Memorial, Washington, D.C.