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firelock_ny t1_iwhj3o7 wrote

Reply to comment by series_hybrid in TIL that the civilian sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine had a higher casualty rate during World War II than any branch of the armed forces. by p38-lightning

> the Germans called the east coast of the US the "happy hunting ground" when we were sending supplies to England.

I've read accounts of nights during the war you could fly from Maine to Florida along the Atlantic coast and never be out of sight of a burning ship.

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