The USMM wrote many pages into the book of bravery in WWII.
An internet "friend" of mine established the WWII US Navy Armed Guard and Merchant Marine web page.
With my permission, he used an article that I wrote titled "The Great Generation" about the WWII generation. [My article came out before Brokaw's "Greatest Generation" book on the same subject, but I doubt Brokaw saw my article before his book was written.]
[I have video of you at the January rally as broadcast on channel 4. Let me know if you want to see it sometime.]