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Im oliver north. Welcome aboard the ss jeremiah. Now in San Francisco harbor. The obrian is the only its the only unaltered operational survivor of the normandy invasion. They were up against the formidable enemy. Tonight youll meet one of those who stopped to send this ship and others like her to the bottom. This is the story of Unsung Heroes who served in every theater from the invasion on north africa to the landings on dday. Youll see tonight they paid a price in blood to be called veterans. Over 700 merchant ships were sunk and 1 of every 16 merchant mariners were killed. Thats a higher casualty ratio than any of our armed services. This is the story of the United States merchant marine. 1939 america was still recovering from the Great Depression and money was hard to come back. A gallon of milk cost 51 cent and the average income was 1,266. People were desperate for work. They came from small towns in port cities. They were old men and young boys. Some had been sailing their whol

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