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Book Synopsis Heroes in Dungarees by : Estate of: John Bunker
Download or read book Heroes in Dungarees written by Estate of: John Bunker and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 plenty of fascinating facts about their extensive supply operations, but the focus of the book is on the men and their often-heroic actions. Bunker draws from his own experiences to describe the action at sea and also includes the personal stories of many other civilian participants. It is an engaging portrayal of the courage, bravery, and ingenuity demonstrated by these merchant seamen. All theaters of operation using U.S. merchant ships are covered; in addition, Bunker provides information on events before the country entered the war when efforts were being made to build more ships and to recruit the men necessary to crew the huge fleet.
Book Synopsis The Story of Our Merchant Marine by : Willis John Abbot
Download or read book The Story of Our Merchant Marine written by Willis John Abbot and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Merchant Mariners at War by : George J. Billy
Download or read book Merchant Mariners at War written by George J. Billy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 deliver vital supplies to the Allied forces and make victory possible. These mariners have received little if any credit; they are the forgotten group of "the greatest generation."
Book Synopsis The story of our merchant marine by : Willis John Abbot
Download or read book The story of our merchant marine written by Willis John Abbot and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mathews Men written by William Geroux and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping." —Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat From the author of The Ghost Ships of Archangel, one of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community’s monumental contribution to that effort Mathews County, Virginia, is a remote outpost on the Chesapeake Bay with little to offer except unspoiled scenery—but it sent an unusually large concentration of sea captains to fight in World War II. The Mathews Men tells that heroic story through the experiences of one extraordinary family whose seven sons (and their neighbors), U.S. merchant mariners all, suddenly found themselves squarely in the cross-hairs of the U-boats bearing down on the coastal United States in 1942. From the late 1930s to 1945, virtually all the fuel, food and munitions that sustained the Allies in Europe traveled not via the Navy but in merchant ships. After Pearl Harbor, those unprotected ships instantly became the U-boats’ prime targets. And they were easy targets—the Navy lacked the inclination or resources to defend them until the beginning of 1943. Hitler was determined that his U-boats should sink every American ship they could find, sometimes within sight of tourist beaches, and to kill as many mariners as possible, in order to frighten their shipmates into staying ashore. As the war progressed, men from Mathews sailed the North and South Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and even the icy Barents Sea in the Arctic Circle, where they braved the dreaded Murmansk Run. Through their experiences we have eyewitnesses to every danger zone, in every kind of ship. Some died horrific deaths. Others fought to survive torpedo explosions, flaming oil slicks, storms, shark attacks, mine blasts, and harrowing lifeboat odysseys—only to ship out again on the next boat as soon as they'd returned to safety. The Mathews Men shows us the war far beyond traditional battlefields—often the U.S. merchant mariners’ life-and-death struggles took place just off the U.S. coast—but also takes us to the landing beaches at D-Day and to the Pacific. “When final victory is ours,” General Dwight D. Eisenhower had predicted, “there is no organization that will share its credit more deservedly than the Merchant Marine.” Here, finally, is the heroic story of those merchant seamen, recast as the human story of the men from Mathews.
Download or read book Looking for a Ship written by John McPhee and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.
Book Synopsis Ships and Sailors by : William H. Clark
Download or read book Ships and Sailors written by William H. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1938-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of Our Merchant Marine: Its Period of Glory, Its Prolonged Decadence and Its Vigorous Revival As the Result of the World War by : Willis John Abbot
Download or read book The Story of Our Merchant Marine: Its Period of Glory, Its Prolonged Decadence and Its Vigorous Revival As the Result of the World War written by Willis John Abbot and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abbott's book is a comprehensive account of the history of the American merchant marine. The book highlights the contributions of American maritime industry to the growth and development of the country. It provides a detailed analysis of the challenges faced by the industry and its revival during World War I. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of American maritime industry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Fourth Arm of Defense by : Salvatore R. Mercogliano
Download or read book Fourth Arm of Defense written by Salvatore R. Mercogliano and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2017 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the eighth in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. The publication focuses on the sealift and logistic operations during the war and includes a number of photographs as well as sidebars detailing specific people and ships involved in the logistic operations. This historical pictorial reference would be of interest to students, historians, members of the military, specifically the Navy, and military leaders, veterans, Vietnam War veterans, and the U.S. merchant marines.
Book Synopsis Sailing on Friday by : John A. Butler
Download or read book Sailing on Friday written by John A. Butler and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the colorful history of the U.S. merchant fleet in times of war and peace, from 1776 to the present. Twice in U.S. history, the American maritime fleet grew to become one of the most powerful in the world, only to decline thereafter. The author includes accounts of little-noted innovations that had long-lasting effects, daring ocean rescues, sea battles, and financial gambles that won or lost fortunes.
Book Synopsis American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900 by : Frederick C. Matthews
Download or read book American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900 written by Frederick C. Matthews and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedic resource recounts sailing histories, vital statistics of 322 vessels: voyages, cargoes, tonnage, builders, shipboard life, and more. 195 black-and-white photos and illustrations.
Book Synopsis The Story of the American Merchant Marine by : John Randolph Spears
Download or read book The Story of the American Merchant Marine written by John Randolph Spears and published by New York : Macmillan Company. This book was released on 1910 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ships and Sailors by : William Horace Clark
Download or read book Ships and Sailors written by William Horace Clark and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of Our Merchant Marine by : Willis J. Abbot
Download or read book The Story of Our Merchant Marine written by Willis J. Abbot and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.
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Book Synopsis The Seas That Mourn by : Patrick D. Smith
Download or read book The Seas That Mourn written by Patrick D. Smith and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1942 alone, German U-Boats sank almost four million gross registered tons of Allied ships convoying goods and war supplies to the war ravaged European continent, Britain and North Africa. That same year, 17-year-old Jimmy Kindall leaves his small Mississippi town to join the Merchant Marine. He soon discovers that supplying the troops in unprotected waters exposes him to some of the fiercest battles in WWII.
Book Synopsis Woody, Cisco, and Me by : Jim Longhi
Download or read book Woody, Cisco, and Me written by Jim Longhi and published by iBooks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woody, Cisco and Me is a must read romp, reading like a novel, that gives the reader rare insight into World War II experiences in the Merchant Marine with Woody Guthrie, his folksinging friend Cisco Houston, and Jim Longhi, who was shamed by Woody and Cisco into joining with them. Brilliantly told - with pathos and humor - it is an irresitible story of bravery and hardship, sacrifice and boredom, and life and death, appealing not only to folk music fans, but to those interested in tales of World War II adventures as well.
Book Synopsis The Story of the American Merchant Marine by : John Randolph Spears
Download or read book The Story of the American Merchant Marine written by John Randolph Spears and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
