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Thenidhogg t1_iwf4sfc wrote

Reply to comment by series_hybrid in TIL that the civilian sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine had a higher casualty rate during World War II than any branch of the armed forces. by p38-lightning

'u-boats off shore' by Hoyt is a great book about this

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p38-lightning OP t1_iwix9xf wrote

Also "The Mathews Men" by William Geroux. He focuses on the small seafaring community of Mathews, VA and its men who braved the U-boats.

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