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Creator of @AMMWWII X account moved! Highlighting the vital role of the U.S. Merchant Mariners in WWII. Congressional Gold Medal recipients 2022 ⚓🥇 🇺🇸

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UPDATED: MILITARY🎖️MEDALS PROGRAM & CONGRESSIONAL GOLD -Effective Monday, Sep 8th, 2025, the medals program will be moved to the “Historian’s Office” at MARAD. The primary contact in that office is: Daniel Roberts - [email protected]

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Information is now on our website to APPLY for a duplicate bronze medal of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to WWII USMM Veterans living or deceased! Please carry on their legacy! https://t.co/TSd2BH8V2J

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WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION Washington Advance Release:
The WILLIAM KING's master was ordered to identify himself and surrender. Captain Reed complied. Bidding his men farewell, he went aboard the submarine. He is now reported interned in Java. All https://t.co/KHhvz9QxY3

[Sarah Sundin @sarahsundin]

Today in #WWII History: 85 Years Ago—June 6, 1941: US authorizes requisition of foreign merchant ships lying idle in US ports. [📷US poster, WWII] #TDIH #OTD https://t.co/YtaOxQh1tg

[Mr. Star Spangled MAGA @4thOfJuly365]

Watching footage from WW2 makes me realize how brave this generation was and how pathetic the current one is.

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@DanielH85442891 Heroes!

[Star Spangled Seabee @USNCBCANDO]

82 years ago today, June 6, 1944.
My Seabee brothers hit those Normandy beaches right beside the infantry. We didn’t just fight… we built the Mulberry harbors, cleared the obstacles, and kept the ammo and supplies rolling while machine guns tore everything apart.

[Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ @mercoglianos]

Today marks the 106th anniversary of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920.

Many will tell you that all the "Jones Act" covers is coastal trade, or cabotage.

But in truth, the Act was the first national maritime strategy and set the policy for US and allied success in World War Two and the great post war cargo expansion.

This video is from a presentation at the @NavalAcademy in 2021.

Video: https://t.co/gMWjMesryx

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Merchant Mariners the Unsung Heroes. They carried the fuel, food, tanks, munitions & troops that kept our Allies supplied. Over 1,500 American merchant ships were sunk and thousands of civilians sailors lost their lives. Without them, there would have been no D-Day. #DDay

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[Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ @mercoglianos]

Maritime Labor Coalition Renews Call to End Jones Act Waiver on Law’s 106th Anniversary

https://t.co/aC3unFxdZe

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#OTD 6 June 1943 William King was hit by one of two torpedoes 200 miles east of Durban. The Master Owen Harvey Reed was taken prisoner by the U-boat & handed over to the Japanese. He was killed aboard the Japanese “hell ship” Junyo Maru. Six casualties. https://t.co/Y3yxiHEj2t

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#DDay Notebook provided by John Kasulaitis son of US Navy Armed Guard in WWII. It was D-Day June 6, 1944. His fathers third ship the SS Stage Door Canteen. #wwii #navyarmedguard #libertyship

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Do please post something today on your X page, in honour of our Allied heroes.

They deserve to be remembered on the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.

[Transportation Inst @Trans_Inst]

Thank YOU to one of our greatest friends, @RepGaramendi , for his words on the Jones Act anniversary!
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[PvT @realpvt]

@USMMWWII Forgotten by the Democrat Administration and Congress when WW2 ended in 1945

[Transportation Inst @Trans_Inst]

Reminder why the US flag merchant marine matters. And those mariners need the Jones Act.

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#OTD 5 June 1942 the Delfina was hit by one torpedo about 130 miles northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. On 9 June, the master and the 14 crew members in the lifeboat made landfall at Montecristi, Dominican Republic. Crew 31 (4 dead and 27 survivors).
https://t.co/yR1uUdlcQY

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#OTD 5 June 1942 the unescorted Velma Lykes was hit by one torpedo about 20 miles off Puerto Juarrez in the Yucatan Channel. The eight officers, 20 crewmen and four armed guards had no time to launch the lifeboats. Crew 32 (15 dead and 17 survivors). https://t.co/ZKbxdgAwMe

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#OTD 5 June 1942, U-68 fired a spread of 3 torpedoes at the L.J. Drake and hit her with all 3. The tanker exploded in flames & nothing remained but pieces of wreckage. None of the 8 officers, 27 crew and 6 NAG survived. Crew 41 (41 dead - no survivors)
https://t.co/fQZfFSKUXd

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Merchant Mariners the Unsung Heroes. They carried the fuel, food, tanks, munitions & troops that kept our Allies supplied. Over 1,500 American merchant ships were sunk and thousands of civilians sailors lost their lives. Without them, there would have been no D-Day. #DDay