Fantastic story ***LINKS AT THE END OF THIS POST***
Georg Pedersen is a friend, former shipmate and mentor of MM&P President Don Marcus, who said, “Georg is my image of the finest captain I ever worked for… True blue MM&P.”
Great to see the MM&P logo proudly worn in the news piece. Check out the book mention too – about his life at sea starting as a cabin boy in the Danish merchant marine…
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/how-a-sailor-reunited-with-the-vietnamese-refugees-he-rescued-after-the-fall-of-saigon-part-1-140644421921
Part 2: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/how-a-sailor-reunited-with-the-vietnamese-refugees-he-rescued-after-the-fall-of-saigon-part-2-140643909686
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