Gerard Driscoll (from Part 1) was from a family of 14, 11 boys and 3 girls) Two brothers were in the Army Air Corps, another in the Navy and he and two other brothers were in the Merchant Marine during the war.
He worked as an oiler in the engine room and said he didn't worry much about the danger he faced. "You are young and foolish." he went on to say, "You always carried a flashlight. If your ship was hit by a torpedo, you could try finding your way out."
The Merchant Marine veterans deserve as much credit as anyone else in uniform.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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