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Merchant marine survivors of World War II : oral histories of cargo carrying under fire /
"The 20 World War II Merchant Marine veterans featured in this oral history served in all theaters of war. Most had at least one ship torpedoed, bombed, shelled or mined out from under them. Some became prisoners of the Japanese for the duration of the war. Many spent time on lifeboats or flims...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Gillen, Michael, |d 1948- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Merchant marine survivors of World War II : |b oral histories of cargo carrying under fire / |c Michael Gillen. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Jefferson, N.C. : |b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, |c [2014] | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "The 20 World War II Merchant Marine veterans featured in this oral history served in all theaters of war. Most had at least one ship torpedoed, bombed, shelled or mined out from under them. Some became prisoners of the Japanese for the duration of the war. Many spent time on lifeboats or flimsy rafts under harsh conditions"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: The Ship; 1. William J. "Bill" Bailey: "I just couldn't take it any longer"; 2. Howard Bethell: "No longer bums, they were heroes"; 3. Daniel J. Bradley: "I've been on borrowed time"; 4. Rexford Dickey: "He died from a broken heart"; 5. Stanley E. Gorski: The Minefields of Manila Bay; 6. Jack A. Holt: "We all piled out on deck"; 7. Paul J. Jarvis: "Okinawa was absolute hell"; 8. Eric H. Johanson: "We were scared to death"; 9. Ruel N. Lawrence: "The ship pulled me down"; 10. John M. Le Cato: "Norluna, you're supposed to be sunk!" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 11. Edward A. MacMichael: One Step Ahead of the Japs12. Edward C. March: Torpedoes and Molasses Don't Mix; 13. John S. "Jack" McCusker: "Did you ever hear a ship die?"; 14. Harry A. Morgan: Walnuts and Bauxite for the War; 15. Dennis A. Roland: A Prisoner of the Japanese; 16. William J. Shearer: "She was there, and all of a sudden it wasn't"; 17. Henrik E. "Hank" Sievers: Cargo for Pearl and Nawiliwili; 18. Robert B. Smolen: "Captain, they're gonna machine-gun us!"; 19. John H. Tiencken: "I hated to see her lost"; 20. Donald E. Zubrod: 42 Days in a Lifeboat; Appendix A: Glossary. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Appendix B: The Crew of a Typical Liberty (Dry Cargo) Ship During World War IIChapter Notes; Bibliography; Index. | |
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