Leonard LaRue
Male, Deceased Person
1914 – 2001
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Who was Leonard LaRue?
Captain Leonard LaRue, later known as "Brother Marinus", was the skipper of the SS Meredith Victory, a United States Merchant Marine cargo freighter that was involved in the largest humanitarian rescue operation by a single ship in human history. Under LaRue's leadership, the ship evacuated over 14,000 refugees to safety during the Korean War.
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