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Merchant Mariners at War
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: George J Billy
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-09-14 - Publisher: University Press of Florida

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Thousands of cargo ships sailed in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of World War II manned by young men who braved blockades, torpedoes, and bombings to d
Heroes in Dungarees
Language: en
Pages: 391
Authors: Estate of: John Bunker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-15 - Publisher: Naval Institute Press

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A World War II merchant seaman, John Bunker takes a thorough look at the American merchant marines' significant contributions to the war effort. There are plent
Merchant Marine Survivors of World War II
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Michael Gillen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-02 - Publisher: McFarland

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World War II could not have been won without the U.S. Merchant Marine. Crewed by civilian seamen in peacetime and carrying much of the nation's ocean-borne comm
Escape from Archangel
Language: en
Pages: 177
Authors: Thomas E. Simmons
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-16 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

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During World War II, merchant marine tankers in convoys plied the frozen North Atlantic through the flaming wreckage of torpedoed ships. Working to keep sea lan
My Life As a US Merchant Marine in World War II
Language: en
Pages: 64
Authors: Charles Hoffman
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-20 - Publisher:

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This World War II US Merchant Marine memoir was written by Charles William Hoffman. This highly personal memoir of his days as a young man serving his country r