Garamendi's Merchant Mariners Of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act Heads To President's Desk

The Patch ^ | March 3, 2020 | John Garamendi's Staff

[Nothingburger]

Exactly right.

I have to admit I’m astonished that a RAT proposed something I actually can support.

[John S Mosby]

There is a rather large UNION for merchant sailors in the US-— that has a lot to do with it. They of course were NOT unionized during WWII. Garamendi is a union thug supporter,SEIU, hospitality, ... the “service” union scammers— these are his “people”.

That is the unfortunate politics of this glad hander— he can’t acknowledge volunteers under pressure from the very UN voluntary union closed shop types in the Maritime trades.

[Ciexyz]

👏👏👏

[dainbramaged]

I have the Purser's desk and chest of drawers from a Liberty Ship, scrapped at Todd Shipyard Seattle in the late 50's. My father worked there and employees were told to help themselves to the furniture, dishes, flatware etc.
The desk and chest are quarter sawn oak, very sturdy stuff - I've looked online for other examples to no avail so they must be rare.

[Nothingburger]

Thanks for an illuminating post, FRiend.

I live a long, long way from Garamendi’s district, so I know nothing about him except for his recent threat against Don Jr.

Perhaps one lesson here is that on rare occasions, bad motives can lead to good results. If I was a GOP representative, I probably would have voted for the bill.

[ConservativeMind]

This was my great uncle.

He manned the engines. His story of the timing necessary to throw in fuel as everything cycled was a story we loved hearing each year.

[Sparky1776]

Thank you all for you comments, some interesting facts I didn’t know.

Quick update, the veteran or their family need to produce a DD-214, and the cost of the medal is $54.

Coincidentally, there’s a movie coming out in June w/ Tom Hanks on the subject of merchant convoys during WWII.

https://taskandpurpose.com/entertainment/greyhound-tom-hanks-trailer?fbclid=IwAR249kAaQ8K5tg5Ka5Pen0U44YmcjDAWC1ObAuF0LmHJn-aO9zFackrsXDI

[Sacajaweau]

There is a Mariners Museum in Virginia. That’s where I found the names of all the ships that my dad had mentioned. He was a Radio Operator.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Garamendi has been one of the great villains in California politics for decades. Even when an ulterior motive is not evident, if he appears to be doing something good you can bet there is one.