Petition for 'Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II

"Please pass befor they are gone"

"The Merchant Mariners Saved America. Please save the Mariners"

"My family proudly served in the Merchant Marine"

"My father enlisted in the Merchant marines the day I was born. He is now deceased and it's too late for him but not for my mother. We need to get this done in time to help her."

"My first husband was in the MM WWll, he was a good man. So young when he went to Maritime Academy on Cape Cod . Was the youngest captain on a MM ship."

"i am an eighty three year old merchant marine that gave 4 years of my life for this great country. You gave the phillipinos their compensation and they were not even citizens. Do the right thing an reward us for saving this country for your children"

"Long past due"

"my father was a merchant marine and served in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. Let us recognize the few remaining while there is time."

"well deserved and overdue"

"My Dad serverd at very young age. He crossed the big pond like many others and came home to just a regualr job and nothing to show. Please help these men get what they should have gotten years ago. Thank you."

"My father William Joseph Healy served in WWII"

"Thanks for your help"

"Please help us."

"Help Them!"

"It is SO VERY IMPORTANT this petition helps to approve the bill. Vets are dying off by thousands, those that are left."

"Why not them--great contributions were given and some lives!!!"

"father was a merchant marine"

"my father served 964 days in WWII from the mediteranean sea to the philippines and came home in a diabetic coma. recovered but died in 1972. will my mother, his widow ever receive compensation for the sacrifices he made? it is shameful if they don't recei"