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Capt. George Duffy
Posted by: Toni Horodysky ()
Date: January 22, 2001 01:58AM

<HTML>I read some of the recent comments about Captain Duffy in the discussion about uboat captain Hardegan and would like to set the record straight for those who dared question IF Duffy was a POW during the war.

I have before me \"Summary of Merchant Marine Personnel Casualties, World War II, United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1950, US Government Printing Office.

Listed on page 67, Released Prisoners from Massachusetts:

Duffy, George William, 3rd Mate, Mother: Mrs Alice Duffy, 26 High St. Newburyport.

He is also listed in Captain Arthur Moore\'s book, \"A Careless Word... A Needless Sinking\" as the source of much information about prisoners and sinkings.

I have met Captain Duffy, and would call him a modest and humble man, but one who has a story to tell and wants to tell it before it is too late.

Remember that merchant marine casualties were hushed up during the war to avoid giving information to the enemy and to keep seamen at sea. The American merchant marine had the highest casualty rate of any US service and got called \"draft dodgers\" for it. Their story has never been fully told.

I urge you to read any of the following:
Heroes in Dungarees: The Story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II, John Bunker, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1995</HTML>

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Subject Written By Posted
Capt. George Duffy Toni Horodysky 01/22/2001 01:58AM
RE: Capt. George Duffy Jim 01/22/2001 03:38AM
RE: Capt. George Duffy Rick Mann 01/22/2001 03:05PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy Tormod Christiansen 01/22/2001 03:44PM
A small correction... Tormod Christiansen 01/22/2001 05:39PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy james Stewart 01/22/2001 10:38PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy Jim 01/22/2001 11:47PM
young generation Rainer Kolbicz 01/23/2001 11:55AM
RE: young generation Wilson 01/23/2001 02:24PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy Bill 01/22/2001 03:55PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy james stewart 01/22/2001 10:41PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy Craig McLean 01/23/2001 04:34AM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? J.K 01/24/2001 09:05AM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Rainer Bruns 01/24/2001 04:53PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Bill 01/25/2001 01:31PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Rainer Bruns 01/25/2001 05:26PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Carl 01/26/2001 03:56AM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Willy 01/26/2001 11:26AM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Rainer Bruns 01/26/2001 04:25PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Pat 01/29/2001 12:14PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Ken Dunn 01/29/2001 02:53PM
RE: Capt. George Duffy..? Rainer Bruns 01/29/2001 03:29PM
RE: You spoke too soon MPC 01/29/2001 08:17PM
RE: You spoke too soon MCE 01/30/2001 05:51PM
RE: You spoke too soon MPC 01/30/2001 07:46PM
RE: You spoke too soon MCE 01/30/2001 08:23PM
RE: You spoke too soon Ken Dunn 01/31/2001 01:19AM


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