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Seamen urged to join Merchant Marine for war effort
A wartime appeal urges experienced mariners to enlist in the Merchant Marine to speed supplies and victories. It cites five thousand needed this month and forty three thousand next year, notes rapid upgrading, and highlights routes to sign up through War Shipping Administration, maritime unions, or U S Employment Service amid national mobilization.
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Merchant Marine
War Shipping Administration
Maritime Union
U. S. Employment Service
Washington, D. C