Ship of Miracles : 14,000 Lives and One Miraculous Voyage.

It was a miracle worthy of the season. When Captain Leonard La Rue spied from his twelve-man merchant ship, the Meredith Victory, the throng of Korean refugees on the docks of a city in flames, he didn't hesitate to do what others would consider impossible. In December of 1950, La Rue and his s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilbert, Bill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Triumph Books, 2000.
Temas:
1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Search and rescue operations > Korea (North) > Hŭngnam-si.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Evacuation of civilians > Korea (North) > Hŭngnam-si.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Naval operations, American.
Merchant marine > United States > History.
HISTORY > Military > Korean War.
Evacuation of civilians
Merchant marine
Military operations, Naval > American
Search and rescue operations
Korea (North) > Hŭngnam-si
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword by Alexander M. Haig Jr
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: A Salute
  • Chapter One: Innocent Victims and Their Terror
  • Chapter Two: The Way We Were
  • Chapter Three: The SS Meredith Victory
  • Chapter Four: "We Had Won The War"
  • Chapter Five: A National Emergency in America
  • Chapter Six: "A Striking Sight"
  • Chapter Seven: "The Trauma Of It"
  • Chapter Eight: "There Was No Room For Them"
  • Chapter Nine: Letters Home
  • Chapter Ten: Kim Jung Hee's Fifty-Year Search
  • Chapter Eleven: Was It Worth It?

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