Jig How attempts to bring overdue recognition to a U.S. Navy unit that served with great distinction during World War II, but somehow has failed to receive media and public acknowledgement. U.S. Navy Armed Guard sailors took part in every major invasion in WWII; they were aboard 6,236 merchant ships; 710 of the ships were sunk and hundreds damaged; they were the defense and the communications on these ships. Although they were awarded thousands of medals and commendations, the vital role they played in the war has not been fully made public. World War II could not have been won without the merchant ships. These slow-moving (many barely seaworthy) vessels delivered almost all the equipment, ammunition, supplies, food, water, medicines, guns, troops, and everything needed to fight that war. They fought enemy submarines, aircraft, shore batteries, and endured the most horrendous weather conditions at sea.

Jig How attempts to bring overdue recognition to a U.S. Navy unit that served with great distinction during World War II, but somehow has failed to receive media and public acknowledgement. U.S. Navy Armed Guard sailors took part in every major invasion in WWII; they were aboard 6,236 merchant ships; 710 of the ships were sunk and hundreds damaged; they were the defense and the communications on these ships. Although they were awarded thousands of medals and commendations, the vital role they played in the war has not been fully made public. World War II could not have been won without the merchant ships. These slow-moving (many barely seaworthy) vessels delivered almost all the equipment, ammunition, supplies, food, water, medicines, guns, troops, and everything needed to fight that war. They fought enemy submarines, aircraft, shore batteries, and endured the most horrendous weather conditions at sea.