Salty Dog BluesSALTY DOG BLUES features a group of men and women of color who served in the United States Merchant Marine from 1937 1989. This nine year project examines their development as a multi racial and international labor force, their contributions to the World War II efforts, their relationship to the National Maritime Union and the Seafarers International Union, and a dispute over lost health benefits. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women