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🇺🇲 Remembering the 243,000 U.S. Merchant Mariners (including my father) who served during the Second World War. Special remembrance to the 9,521 who were lost. Lest we forget ⚓⚘.

🇺🇸 Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep, It's own appointment limits keep, O hear us when we cry to thee, For those in peril on the sea!

🇺🇲 🇬🇧 Surviving ships of D-day: 1) Battleship U.S.S. Texas (BB-35) berthed in La Porte, TX 2) Light Cruiser HMS Belfast berthed in London, UK 3) S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien berthed in San Francisco, CA 4) U.S.S. Laffey (DD-724) berthed in Mt. Pleasant, SC.