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Author : Arthur R. Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (719 download)
Download or read book "A Careless Word ... a Needless Sinking" written by Arthur R. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur R. Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (866 download)
Download or read book A Careless Word -- a Needless Sinking written by Arthur R. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States Maritime Service Veterans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (866 download)
Download or read book Index and Table of Contents to A Careless Word -- a Needless Sinking written by United States Maritime Service Veterans and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Homer H Hickam
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612515789
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Torpedo Junction written by Homer H Hickam and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1996-05-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area "Torpedo Junction." And while the U.S. Navy failed to react, a handful of Coast Guard sailors scrambled to the front lines. Outgunned and out-maneuvered, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany closer to winning the war. In a moving ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, Homer Hickam chronicles a little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the early years of World War II. From nerve-racking sea duels to the dramatic ordeals of sailors and victims on both sides of the battle, Hickam dramatically captures a war we had to win--because this one hit terrifyingly close to home.
Author : Brian Herbert
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1466823828
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Forgotten Heroes written by Brian Herbert and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Merchant Marine has a tradition of being in the forefront of every American military action and has served with distinction in every conflict. New York Times bestselling author Brian Herbert chronicles the amazing exploits of these gallant seamen, assembling a fascinating array of data from historical documents, government records, diaries, and interviews with surviving veterans. This brilliant history details the heroism, self-sacrifice and grim determination that have always been the hallmark of the United States Merchant Marine. Herbert also reveals one of the great injustices of American history. The civilian fighters of the Merchant Marine performed feats of extraordinary bravery during World War II; they were the lifeline of the entire Allied war effort, delivering troops, materiel, food, fuel, and every essential needed for victory over the Axis. In doing so, the Merchant Marine suffered losses so high that the casualty rates were kept secret. At war's end, the men and women of every other service branch were honored by parades and given medical and educational benefits--but the members of the Merchant Marine, who were so vital to our victory, have received neither the benefits nor the recognition they deserved. Herbert is part of a growing movement across the United States to right the wrong. The Forgotten Heroes is a history of these unsung heroes and a plea for justice. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Michael J Tougias
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681771713
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)
Download or read book So Close to Home written by Michael J Tougias and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 19, 1942, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles from New Orleans. Captained by twenty nine-year-old Iron Cross and King's Cross recipient Erich Wurdemann, the submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia with sixty-two souls on board. Most aboard were merchant seamen, but there were also a handful of civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina, and their two children, eight-year-old Sonny and eleven-year-old Lucille. Fast asleep in their berths, the Downs family had no idea that two torpedoes were heading their way. When the ship exploded, chaos ensued—and each family member had to find their own path to survival. Including original, unpublished material from Commander Wurdemann’s war diary, the story provides balance and perspective by chronicling the daring mission of the U-boat—and its commander’s decision-making—in the Gulf of Mexico. An inspiring historical narrative, So Close to Home tells the story of the Downs family as they struggle against sharks, hypothermia, drowning, and dehydration in their effort to survive the aftermath of this deadly attack off the American coast.
Author : David Arturi
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1413415717
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (134 download)
Download or read book They Go to Sea written by David Arturi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel that brings to life the courage of our American merchant seamen and Naval Armed Guard gun crews on convoy duty to England.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Hearing on Pending Benefits Legislation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Corrigan
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780766031333
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book The 1940s Decade in Photos written by Jim Corrigan and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1940-1949.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Merchant Seamen Benefits/"Protector" Memorial written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K. A. Nelson
Publisher : Brookline Books
ISBN 13 : 195504130X
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Killing Shore written by K. A. Nelson and published by Brookline Books. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shocking story of Nazi Germany’s naval assault in American waters, told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off the Jersey Shore. It is January 1942. Six weeks after the United States entered World War II, Imperial Japan is annihilating American forces across the Far East while the Nazis stand triumphant over much of Europe. Adolf Hitler’s forces are about to commence an assault along the East Coast of the United States, but this “Atlantic Pearl Harbor” would prove far more devastating than Japan’s attack on Hawaii. The wolves are closing in, and few Americans realize their beaches and coastal cities are about to witness the worst naval defeat in American history. The Western Hemisphere holds the key to victory for the beleaguered Allies, but only if the vast economic and military resources of North and South America can be carried across the Atlantic by Allied merchant ships. These civilian-manned cargo vessels are the backbone of the American war economy and the lifeline enabling Britain and the Soviet Union to survive—but Hitler’s favorite admiral also knows this, and he has set in motion a plan of unprecedented boldness. Germany’s dreaded submarines, or “U-boats,” are going to the United States. The fiery months that followed would pit American servicemen against German U-boat sailors in a desperate struggle that stained East Coast waters with oil and blood. In the crosshairs of this deadly cat-and-mouse game was a stalwart contingent of civilian mariners who crewed the tankers and freighters supplying the war against the Axis Powers. Thousands of them would perish as hundreds of merchant ships were sunk. Every American coastal state became a battlefront in 1942, and the events that transpired off New Jersey illustrate the perils and brutality of this forgotten campaign. The seafloor along the Garden State is today strewn with shipwrecks that bear witness to the innumerable ways to die faced by friend and foe alike only miles from the boardwalk. Though these seafarers’ lives were forfeit, the battle they fought would decide the fates of millions.
Author : Robert Nersasian
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493031236
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Never to Return written by Robert Nersasian and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never to Return is the harrowing tale of the torpedoing and sinking of a Coast Guard ship and the loss of 171 Coast Guardsmen off the coast of Iceland during WWII. The USS Leopold was a U.S. Coast Guard destroyer escort in a convoy of merchant ships carrying war materiel to England, on the lookout for the deadly U-boat wolf packs lurking in the North Atlantic. The Leopold was largely unarmored, lightly armed, and no match for the U-255’s torpedoes. Never to Return is the story of gunner Sparky Nersasian and his shipmates’ struggles to survive the Leopold’s sinking.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book H.R. 23 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernard F. Flynn
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1496948629
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (969 download)
Download or read book Bargain Basement War Heroes written by Bernard F. Flynn and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World War II Merchant Marine combat veteran does more than just rock the boat with this book. This grandpa opens up a can of worms that should cause some squirming in high places, past, present, or future. 1. Kennedys assassination, Oswald, the State Department, Congress, and big name personalities are all featured and highlighted in Grandpas story within. 2. Accusations of a criminal law that was enacted by the wartime Congress, which removed every government benefit that the early volunteers for the Merchant Marine had and reclassified them as migrant workers. 3. Why was there acceptance of the never-ending scapegoating of these brave heroes, which was nothing but pure, self-serving lies and distortions by the press, broadcast media, politicians, and higher-ups in the military? 4. Read the absolute truth about the Merchant Marine that is related in this book. You can make up your own mind about the wartime Merchant Marine. Their wartime contribution to winning that war is incontrovertible. Why was the report to President Truman at the end of the war kept a war secret and not made available until 2009, sixty-five years later? 5. Read the authors take on the wartime start-up of his alma mater, the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, which is now considered the hidden treasure of our federal academies. 6. It is doubtful if any of our seamen, especially our African American volunteers, understood what really happened in the wartime Congress. Those thousands of widows and children who lost all benefits should force a federal disclosure of the facts, and the hope of this book is to put them all on full alert. The disclaimer and speculation is clearly indicated in the early part of this book. Read President Obamas response.
Author : Herman E. Melton
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682473074
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Liberty's War written by Herman E. Melton and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dark days of World War II, merchant mariners made heroic contributions to the eventual Allied victory and suffered tremendous casualties in so doing. Among these were the engineers who toiled deep in the bowels of the ship and suffered appalling casualties. After the war, engineering personnel were unlikely to talk about their experiences, let alone write them down. These modest and self-effacing men were more comfortable in a world of turbines and pistons, so they seldom brought their stories forward. Liberty’s War sets out to explore the experiences of one such engineer, Herman Melton, from his time as a cadet at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy through his experiences at sea as a third assistant engineer. Melton’s story is representative of the thousands of Merchant Marine engineers who served on board Liberty ships during the war. Like many young Americans, he sought to do his part, and in 1942 he obtained an appointment to the newly created U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. After graduating from the academy in 1944, he shipped out to the Pacific Theatre, surviving the sinking of his Liberty ship, the SS Antoine Saugrain, and its top-secret cargo.
Author : Michael L. Brennan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031579607
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Potentially Polluting Wrecks written by Michael L. Brennan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathlyn Gay
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810858010
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Military and Teens written by Kathlyn Gay and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the major issues teens should consider before they decide to join the armed forces, highlighting the pros and cons of military services in all branches of the United States armed forces.
