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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Richard Carlyle Gilman

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

JOINED THE SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 1942. ATTENDED SHEEPSHEAD BAY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, MERCHANT MARINE TRAINING SCHOOL. IN OCTOBER 1944 ATTENDED THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY IN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. FORMED THE LAIRD-GILMAN SHIPPING LINE, INC. IN EARLY 1945. TRANSPORTED CARGO THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA IN THE TWO-MASTED SCHOONER 'ENDEAVOR' UNTIL IT SHIPWRECKED IN DECEMBER 1945 NEAR THE U.S. PANAMA CANAL ZONE. WORKED IN CARIPITO, VENEZUELA UNTIL OCTOBER 1946.