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Originally Posted by Kapitan

Sounds like your dad had some great adventures and stories to tell would have been nice to sit down for a afternoon and have a chat.

I don't know why but the Russians have always seemed more forward when it came to awarding the merchant navy convoy veterans we just seem to put them in foot notes and brush off their achievements.

After all Churchill did say it was the worst journey in the world, they should be recognised by the UK too.

When he spoke about his 'exploits' he always did it with an element of pride but he was equally quick to admit that he and everyone around him "we were just boys and all as equally scared as one another".