The History Guy tells a forgotten story that reminds us even the sailors on support vessels risked their lives in the World War II effort.
I'm told that the Merchant Marine was the most dangerous arm of the military. I suppose one could argue back and forth about that, but let's face it, if you were on a supply ship, you were automatically a juicy target, both at sea and in port.
And a large portion of the "supplies" were high explosives.
I made acqaintace with a WWII Merchant Mariner in our building whose ship ran supplies to the Aleutians --a dangerous bit of geography in the first place. The Aleutians were one of the places where the Japs actually established garrisons on U.S. Territory.
