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Roger Shaw boarded another ship after his assignment as captain of the Army transport. The ship had a radio operator...

William Balabanow was born in February 1926 in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. His stepfather was a miner. During the...

Roger Shaw decided to be a doctor after his service because he wanted more education. He quickly finished his...

William Balabanow joined the Merchant Marines after World War 2 had broken out. He never encountered the Germans...

Roger Shaw was changed by World War 2. The war changed the world. Shaw had never been on a boat before, and that was a...

William Balabanow has always felt stigma about his service in the Merchant Marine and the negative associations with...

Clarke Langrall was born in December 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. Growing up during the Great Depression, things were...

Military training was easy for Clarke Langrall, having been a company leader in the cadet corps when he was in high...

When Clarke Langrall arrived at the gate leading to his ship [Annotator's Note: SS Vernon L. Kellogg], he was checked...

On his second voyage [Annotator's Note: as an engineering officer aboard the SS Vernon L. Kellogg], Clarke Langrall was...

The numbers of Clarke Langrall's first and second convoys [Annotator's Note: aboard the merchant ship SS Vernon L....

Roger Shaw was born in New Orleans in 1921. He grew up and was educated in New Orleans. After graduating high school,...

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