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Tag Archives: Naval Armed Guard

Remembering the Naval Armed Guard on Veterans Day, Nov 11, 2017

The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a special service branch of the U.S. Navy responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships, their valuable cargo, and crews from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines, and surface ships. In World War II, nearly 145,000 men served in the Naval Armed Guard, including Gunner’s Mate and Bronze Star…

November 11, 2017 in This & That, WWII in the Pacific.
Naval Armed Guard, logo and motto of the U.S. Navy Armed Guard

It’s words like these that warm a lone sailor’s heart…

“I would like to thank Bill McGee and his wife, Sandra, for their work over the years to preserve U.S. Navy Armed Guard and Merchant Marine history so people of future generations may read and see what both crews did in World War II. Without Bill and Sandra working together, and their interest, the Naval…

August 2, 2016 in This & That, WWII in the Pacific.
Authors Sandra and Bill McGee

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