Some may think that such acts of heroism in wartime are not unusual. We recall that thousands in the British Army were evacuated from Dunkirk during World War II in privately owned and operated boats of British civilians. Nevertheless. the crew of the Meredith Victory went to the assistance of thousands of refugees with whom they did not even share a common language. only one of the 14.000 aboard could speak even halting English. Her captain and her men responded to the anguished pleas for help from human beings whom they probably would never see again. Theirs was an unselfish display of courage in the very finest tradition of American seamanship. and one in which our country can take tremendous pride.
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