{"id":17122,"date":"2022-01-28T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=17122"},"modified":"2023-03-01T10:41:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:41:58","slug":"brynberg-robert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/merchant-navy\/brynberg-robert\/","title":{"rendered":"Brynberg, Robert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"name\">Robert Brynberg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Fourth Engineer Officer, S.S. 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