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Graphic Tale of the S S Monroe Victory in War
A merchant crew aboard the S S Monroe Victory recalls the war time voyage from Los Angeles to Port Chicago and Ulithi to Okinawa. The memoir chronicles loading largest ammunition, kamikaze raids, deadly typhoons, and a Homeward push via Eniwetok to San Francisco with 88 aboard.
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S.S. Monroe
Philip G. ‘Garbo
Morrig Haas
Becca
Wenplne
Endreness
Huntington Drive
Los Angeles
California
Deer
Haas
Merchant Marine
Plnce
S. S. Monroe
Monroe
Wilmington
Harbor of
Isthmian Steamship Company
S. S. Monroe Victory
Pier 191
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Port Chicago
Carqinéz Straits
Sacramento River
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Ulithi
U. S. S. Guam
U. S. Alaska
U. S. S. Portland
U. S. S. Tuscaloosa
Okinawa
Leyte
Anther
Guam
Alaska
Pacific
Japan
Tokyo
Eniwetok
San Pablo Bay