The companys knowledge. experience. and equipment were put to good use during World War II. Acting as agent for the Government. Mooremack operated 707 different merchant vessels on 2.199 voyages. These ships moved some 20.4 million tons of cargo to every theater of war throughout the world. Mooremacks ships also played a vital role in the Korean war. The Meredith Victory astounded the world by rescuing in one voyage 14.000 refugees fleeing the advancing Communists in North Korea. During much of the trip. many of these people were so tightly packed that they had to stand on open decks. But all were delivered safely to Pusan.
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