Mastodawn

The #ColumbiaEagleMutiny was #ThisDayInHistory in 1970. Two #MerchantMarine sailors hijacked a former #VictoryShip carrying #napalm for use in the #VietnamWar, risking their lives to save others. War exists because most people lack the courage to put the weapons aside and say no.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Dec 20

#ThisDayInHistory in 1941 almost prevented my existence. #SSEmidio, a #MerchantMarine tanker, was shelled & later torpedoed by Japanese submarine #I17, killing five crew. Remaining crew, my grandfather among them, escaped, and their ship wrecked & broke up off #CrescentCity, CA.

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 8

🇨🇦 Halifax's role in important WW II mission: Largest transfer of physical wealth in history
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/operation-fish-gold-securities-transfer-world-war-ii-churchill-halifax-harbour-9.6968096

* WWII convoys bound for Europe assembled in Bedford Basin (view looking East, over Dartmouth (L), Halifax (R) and open Atlantic Ocean (not shown) #MerchantMarine
* submarine nets protected Halifax Harbour f. Nazi U-Boats
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Redoubt
* iirc, French gold went to NYC; returned following WWII. Britain stood alone for a long time, largely bankrupted by the (total) war

Halifax's role in the most important WW II mission you never heard of | CBC News

Operation Fish was a secret mission that would see Halifax play a key role in ensuring Britain's success in the war.

CBC

Diane Bruce VA3DB Oct 2

I had the pleasure of knowing Ernie Brown VA3OEB (SK) when he was in the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club. He gave a talk on his time in the merchant marine and his time doing radiolocation around the Ottawa area. I believe at least one of the radio reception buildings is still around but used for other purposes now.

I am so glad his site is still up. It's well worth perusing.
https://va3oeb.wordpress.com/

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #MerchantMarine #RadioDirectionFinding #Ottawa

VA3OEB - O. Ernie Brown

Dedicated to the memory of shipmates in the Merchant Navy

VA3OEB - O. Ernie Brown

Dabi Down Jun 6, 2025

Uncle Delivered Normandy Supplies

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-3968-436c-459f-576521918224

Uncle Delivered Normandy Supplies

One of my uncles was a Merchant Marine delivering supplies to Normandy beaches. Saw sunken ships and aircraft returning to England. Luckily he photographed s...

Andrew Shields Apr 19, 2025

Years later, after everyone’s death

River of Forgetting
Kathryn Kimball

#Poetry #KathrynKimball #Forgetting #EunoiaReview #MerchantMarine

https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/river-of-forgetting/

River of Forgetting

My grandmother feared the river. It snaked behind the housing project close to her back door, screened to keep out the flies. The river swirled and meandered through three hundred miles of red clay…

Eunoia Review

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 11, 2025

🇨🇦 100-year-old WWII veteran who hoped for 100 cards for his birthday receives 1,700+
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/wwii-veteran-birthday-cards-100th-birthday-1.7508114

'It's our duty today to say thank you,' says woman who sent birthday card from France

#MerchantMarine #CanadianNavy #WWII #BattleOfTheAtlantic #WeRemember #service #veterans #seniors 🙏

100-year-old WWII veteran who hoped for 100 cards for his birthday receives over 1,700 | CBC News

Gaston Pettigrew, who served during WWII's Battle of the Atlantic, was hoping to receive 100 birthday cards in time for his 100th birthday on April 11. He received more than 1,700, which are now plastered throughout his residence.

CBC

Williams Cully Mar 12, 2025

William Scully Ltd manufactures high-quality epaulettes for Canadian across Canada and the Canadian Merchant Marine. These epaulettes are crafted using gold or silver non-tarnish braids and can feature either machine or hand embroidery for a refined finish. Know more at https://www.williamscully.ca/index.php/shop/epaulettes-and-slip-ons.html

#Epaulettes #WilliamScully #CanadianArmy #Canadian #MerchantMarine