Happy 250th Birthday to the US Merchant Marine

US Merchant Marine flag

Historian and former merchant mariner Sal Mercogliano tells the story of the Merchant Marine's first battle.

2 comments:

Grim said...

A very important part of American sea power. We used to have a reader who was a retired member. He was around for years and years, and I even once met him in person for lunch. His son was a Marine.

douglas said...

What ever became of him, do you know? I wondered where he dropped off to.