In 1992, after a lengthy, hard-fought battle, former merchant mariners were finally granted official status as veterans, eligible to receive disability pensions, allowances, and health care benefits available to Canadian Armed Forces’ veterans. Sadly, thousands of merchant seamen had already died by then. Additionally, nothing was done to compensate the living for the loss of benefits since 1945.
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