To the men shown in this. picture falls the duty of bringing to Britain those essential. supplies she needs to maintain her war effort. Recently the King paid a surprise visit to an unnamed port in England where he boarded merchant ships and inspected their crews.
Not all of the men were Britons—those in' the picture are Norwegians—for thousands of merchant sailors from countries that have been overrun by the Nazis have joined Britain in her fight to defeat Nazism.
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