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21st January 2013, 01:49 PM
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Michael O'Dwyer
Former WWII Merchant Seaman Michael O'Dwyer, the last survivor to give evidence at the war crimes trials against Irish Merchant Seamen during WWII crossed the bar.
"Across the seas where the great waves grow, there are no fields for the poppies to grow, but its a place where Seamen sleep, died for their country, for you and for peace" (Billy McGee 2011)
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21st January 2013, 04:02 PM
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Irish Sailors
What a sad story, pity he couldn't get the justice or recognition he so deserved. So many Irishmen from Eire served in our Merchant Navy and British armed forces, my own father born in Galway served in the Army volunteering the day war broke out and rejoined the MN two years later, when he was asked to do so, as we had lost so many experienced MN personnel.
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