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Podcast: Walk Among Heroes
Episode: Walk Among Heroes Podcast Episode 36: George Koch (U.S. Merchant Marine, Murmansk Run)
Description: We are honored to introduce Mr. George Koch as our guest for Walk Among Heroes Podcast Episode 36. Mr. Koch is our first guest who served as a U.S. Merchant Marine. Born and raised in New York, Mr. Koch (pronounced ‘Coke’) dropped out of high school in tenth grade to join the Merchant Marines. At age 16 in September 1944, he reported to his first ship in New York Harbor. He soon found himself sailing north on the Murmansk Run. The Murmansk Run was a LONG, treacherous journey through German-controlled, Arctic frozen waters, from the United States to Russia, past Norway and throu...