In the Battle of the Atlantic there were 1,600 Canadian merchant mariners killed, the highest casualty rate of any Canadian service during the war. The Royal Canadian Navy lost 2,000 and Royal Canadian Air Force lost 752.
One of Mr. Polowi's memories of the Murmansk Run was watching the helmsmen in the wheelhouse during a storm trying to dick gushes of water shooting out of the speaking tube. "It looked as if he was doing some kind of crazy dance."
Mr. Polowi is a regular speaker at schools recounting his World War II experiences.
--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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