Eleven months before the attack on Pearl Harbor forced the United States to enter World War II, President Roosevelt announced a bold plan to build two hundred new merchant ships that would supply Great Britain and the war effort. These were the first of the Liberty Ships, credited with turning the tide of the war and advancing the Allies to victory. In foot-tall letters across the bow of forty-three of these famous vessels were names that are familiar— alumni, board members, and other illustrious members of the Bowdoin community.
ON THE PROW OF LIBERTY
BY KATHRYN MILES
