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BURROWS George G., HMS ESSEX TRADER, Royal Navy
Veterans · 25 April 2025
In the annals of World War II, the contributions of merchant seamen often remain overshadowed by the grand narratives of military campaigns. Yet, their courage and resilience were vital to the Allied war effort. One such story is that of George Gordon BURROWS, a young British merchant seaman who, at the age of 19, played a modest but harrowing role in the 1944 Allied invasion of Southern France, known as Operation Dragoon. Aboard the merchant ship HMS Essex Trader, Burrows witnessed a tragic...