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Merchant marine survivors of World War II : oral histories of cargo carrying under fire

By Michael , Gillen

Book information

Publisher
McFarland & Company
Year
2015
ISBN
9780786494675, 0786494670, 978-1-4766-1887-6
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2165982 bytes)
Pages
203\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
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Description

"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"-- Abstract: "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"

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