Rochester Democrat and Chornicle
Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
Thursday, October 17, 1918
Private Leo Murphy Buried.
The funeral of Private Leo Murphy of the Merchant Marines, took took place yesterday morning from the home, No. 33 Edingurgh Street at 10 a.m. The following members of the Home Defense League participated: Musician. Horace G. Oliver; firing squad and bearers, Corporal Arthur O'Leary, C. E. Winters, Carl Fetzer, A. R. Milner, G. F. Toole, E. J. Rose, Harry W. Horn, Phillip Mondshine. Burial took place in Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
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What is The Merchant Marines?
Answer found at Wikipedia:
The United States Merchant Marine are United States civilian mariners and a fleet of U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. These fleets are managed by either the government or private sector, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States. The Merchant Marine is responsible for transporting cargo and passengers during peacetime. In time of war, the Merchant Marine can be an auxiliary to the Navy, and can be called upon to deliver military personnel and materiel for the military.
The first wartime role of an identifiable United States merchant marine took place on June 12, 1775, in and around Machias, Massachusetts.
The merchant marine was active in subsequent wars, from the Confederate commerce raiders of the American Civil War, to the assaults on Allied commerce in the First and in the Second World Wars.
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Rochester Democrat and Chornicle
Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
Thursday, October 17, 1918
Private Leo Murphy Buried.
The funeral of Private Leo Murphy of the Merchant Marines, took took place yesterday morning from the home, No. 33 Edingurgh Street at 10 a.m. The following members of the Home Defense League participated: Musician. Horace G. Oliver; firing squad and bearers, Corporal Arthur O'Leary, C. E. Winters, Carl Fetzer, A. R. Milner, G. F. Toole, E. J. Rose, Harry W. Horn, Phillip Mondshine. Burial took place in Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
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What is The Merchant Marines?
Answer found at Wikipedia:
The United States Merchant Marine are United States civilian mariners and a fleet of U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. These fleets are managed by either the government or private sector, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States. The Merchant Marine is responsible for transporting cargo and passengers during peacetime. In time of war, the Merchant Marine can be an auxiliary to the Navy, and can be called upon to deliver military personnel and materiel for the military.
The first wartime role of an identifiable United States merchant marine took place on June 12, 1775, in and around Machias, Massachusetts.
The merchant marine was active in subsequent wars, from the Confederate commerce raiders of the American Civil War, to the assaults on Allied commerce in the First and in the Second World Wars.
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