The United States Maritime Service was concerned with the training of merchant seamen, just prior, during, and after the Second World War. Station publications give a hint as to the training program itself and handbooks for means for regulating the trainees. A bit more interesting is how the USMS wished to present itself to enrollees as seen in the Ship’s Company handbooks.
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 | Neptune, July 10, 1943, Vol. II, No. 3 (Col. Alameda Museum) |
 | Neptune, September 10, 1943, Vol. II, No. 7 (Col. Alameda Museum) |
 | Neptune, November 15, 1945, Vol. IV, No. 6 (Col. Alameda Museum) |
 | Officer Candidates Handbook, 1944 |
 | Officer Candidates Handbook, 1945 (Col. Alameda Museum) |