Michael William Emery never met his uncle and namesake, Seaman 1st Class William Friend Emery. Yet a strong and, at times, inexplicable connection has driven Michael Emery to devote a substantial portion of his life to remembering – and honoring – his “Uncle Bill” and the more than 800 shipmates who died with him during the single-largest loss of life at sea for the U.S.

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