The Canadian equivalent was DEMS (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships)
gunners. The gunners were assigned to man the weapons on merchant ships. A
typical weapon was the DEMS stripped down Lewis Gun.
Colin Macgregor Stevens
MVPA Member 954 (since 1977)
Editor: "Maple Leaf Up!" newsletter & Webmaster
of Western Command Military Vehicle Historical Society
(Established 1977)
British Columbia, CANADA
Owner of:
1944 Willys MB jeep (ex-Norway)
1942 BSA airborne bicycles (2)
Personal web site: http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net
E-mail: colin@pacdat.net
Club web site: http://www.westerncommand.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis O'Connor" <oconnor01@snet.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 6:26 PM
...> I finally got
> the service record back on my deceased father-in-law's USN time. The AGS
and
> AGC hid DD214 had on it meant Armed Guard School and Armed Guard Center.
The
> armed guards in this case are not Shore Patrol or anything of the kind but
> means USN gun crews assigned to armed merchant vessels like Liberty ships!
...
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