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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Also, merchant gun crews were better trained than you might think, especially as the war progressed.
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In fact, I believe in a lot of cases, merchant gun crews were trained RN or Army personnel rather than full time merchant navy men. Hence they were good at their job.
Nemo
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Last edited by Captain Nemo; 07-17-08 at 04:58 AM.
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