National Maritime Union Historian MA National WWII Memorial Committee Advisor House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee Served Rapid Deployment Force Convoy Diego Garcia BIOT

About the author:

Capt. Ed Sullivan is a retired merchant marine officer who circumnavigated the world’s oceans three times during his merchant marine service which concluded as a Tugboat Captain in Boston Harbor. Capt. Sullivan served in the initial convoy establishing the Rapid Deployment Force base in Diego Garcia BIOT ordered by President Ronald Reagan. Capt. Ed served on the advisory board to the House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee; Capt. Ed served as a maritime historian with the National Maritime Union's "Pilot" publication.  Able-bodied seaman Ed Sullivan served as a ship's delegate on vessels he sailed over many years settling beefs between the minority crews and ship's officers.   Capt. Sullivan was appointed by Congressman John Joseph Moakley to serve as the Massachusetts Chairman on the National World War II Memorial Committee in Washington D.C., volunteering with 49 other State Chairman under the leadership of Sen. Bob Dole.   During Capt. Sullivan’s volunteer service on the WWII Memorial Committee he met many of the racially diverse women who made up the American shipyard workforce that built the largest fleet of ships in the history of the world, the Liberty & Victory ships in WWII.   Capt. Ed learned firsthand from America’s forgotten “Wendy the Welder’s” about the great sacrifice by pioneer American women who for the 1st time in American labor history received equal pay with men in the workplace. This historic effort inspired Capt. Sullivan to write “Mommy Went to Work,” a historical fiction effort to give long overdue recognition to the brave American women that provided the sealift capability to win WWII through naval attrition. “Mommy Went to Work” invites the reader to join in the “Appreciation Parade” down Main Street USA that American women never received.  "Mommy Went to Work" will be published in the spring of 2021 at Authorhouse.com   "Mommy Went to Work" is a sequel to “Daddy’s Not Comin’ Home” which memorialized the civilian merchant marine who incurred the highest casualty rate per capita of service in WWII who sailed the Liberty & Victory ships that American women helped build in WWII.   In 1980 Capt. Sullivan participated in the largest land/sea rescue mission in the history of the sea’s: saving all 519 passengers and crew on the Dutch liner MS Prinsendam in the Gulf of Alaska. Eight years later in the Gulf of Mexico Capt. Aad Hess, former Sr. Captain of the MS Prinsendam, was the Captain on the Dutch passenger liner Nieuw Amsterdam that is credited with saving Captain Ed’s life in the Gulf of Mexico.   While convalescing in a wheelchair for a year Capt. Sullivan authored a publication “Passing Ships in the Sea – An Ode to Capt. Aad Hess.” which is attached in the "blog" section.   The "blog" story is an insider’s view of the historic rescue mission. During a difficult year of physical therapy to work out of a wheelchair Capt. Sullivan authored the legislation “A Maritime Technological Initiative,” a national bi-partisan blueprint for America to maintain a maritime policy.” The MA Legislature presented the legislation to President Clinton and U.S. Congress.   Capt. Ed Sullivan was a founder of the La Jolla Monaco Cultural Exchange during service on the LaJolla Town Council to give recognition to the world’s 1st two oceanographic institutions both founded 100 years ago to endow the study of the sea (see www.LaJollaMonaco.com).     Capt. Ed is a retired Lamaze natural childbirth instructor who birthed all of his five children in between sea voyages. Capt. Ed Sullivan is a member of the Professional Writer's Alliance and recognized as America's 1st Exclusive Economic Zone E-Commerce writer. See Capt. Sullivan's copywriter's website at www.RWR-EEZ.com   Capt. Sullivan’s book “Daddy’s Not Comin’ Home” is published with Outskirts Press and available online.   Links: Capt. Ed Sullivan, E-Commerce Writer www.RWR-EEZ.com   Capt. Ed Sullivan, MA Field Representative MA National WWII Memorial Committee www.MANationalWWIIMemorialCommittee.com   Capt. Ed Sullivan, Founder La Jolla Monaco Cultural Exchange www.LaJollaMonaco.com  

The Book

Inspirations...

Capt. Ed Sullivan's Blog

Blog posts include articles related to my life and the book.

Contact: "Daddy's Not Comin' Home" by Capt. Ed Sullivan revised edition 2022 on Amazon.com

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