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Bob discusses the development of containerization technologies and how they have changed the shipping industry.

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Bob reflects on his relationship with Seamen’s Church and discusses the new building in Port Newark.

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Includes black and white photographs of the 1976 July 4th in Old New York celebration.

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Includes black and white photographs of Rev. Harold H. Kelley, director of SCI from 1934-1948. Rev. Kelly is seen with Bishop Charles Gilbert and Rev. Lawrence A. Harkness; with Rt. Rev. William T. Manning, the Archbishop of York Cyril F. Garbett,…

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August Laugner spent his entire career at sea with the Military Sealift Command (formerly Military Sea Transportation Service). He has been around the world providing supplies for the U.S. military, often in times of war and global conflict.

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August began his career in the 1950s with the Military Sealift Command (then Military Sea Transportation Service). He describes the spirituality of keeping watch, and the eeriness of sailing through dense fog.

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August grew up in New York City with a love with the sea. He describes a children’s book that he remembers as the moment he knew he wanted to work on ships.

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August worked on ships supplying the U.S. military during times on conflict. He describes one incident in which he was injured on a zodiac during a storm and his struggle to get compensation.

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An interview with Damian Lausell, who came to the mainland U.S. from Puerto Rico as a stowaway when he was fourteen years old. Damian sailed on merchant ships during World War II and was an active union organizer.

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Damian was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1924. At the age of 14 he stowed away on the WASHINTONIAN to the mainland United States. After growing bored of school, he stowed away back to Puerto Rico. Soon after, Damian stowed away for a third time,…

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