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== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
This collection will include records from 1500-2013. | This collection will include records from 1500-2013. | ||
These records include an index of mariners killed on US operated ships during World Ward II. This content was taken from the compiled site: http://www.usmm.org/killed/a.html. The data set includes the person's name, ship name, date of death, position and age. This index, along with additional information on merchant mariners at war, is available at www.usmm.org. | These records include an index of mariners killed on US operated ships during World Ward II. This content was taken from the compiled site: http://www.usmm.org/killed/a.html. The data set includes the person's name, ship name, date of death, position and age. This index, along with additional information on merchant mariners at war, is available at www.usmm.org. | ||
== Record Content == | == Record Content == | ||
Records may contain the following information: | Records may contain the following information: | ||
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== How to Use the Record == | |||
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=== Citation for This Collection === | === Citation for This Collection === | ||
The following citation refers to the original source of the information published in FamilySearch.org Historical Record collections. Sources include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records. | The following citation refers to the original source of the information published in FamilySearch.org Historical Record collections. Sources include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records. | ||
{{Collection citation| text = “United States, Merchant Mariners Killed on US Operated Ships During WWII, 1940-1945.” Index. ''FamilySearch.'' http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2013. Citing National Archives and Records Administration. [Archive name, Archive location.]}} | {{Collection citation| text = “United States, Merchant Mariners Killed on US Operated Ships During WWII, 1940-1945.” Index. ''FamilySearch.'' http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2013. Citing National Archives and Records Administration. [Archive name, Archive location.]}} | ||