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

Author: Gillen, Michael, 1948-
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Copyright Date: ©2015
Physical Description: xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1."I just couldn't take it any longer" / William J. "Bill" Bailey -- 2."No longer bums, they were heroes" / Howard Bethell -- 3."I've been on borrowed time" / Daniel J. Bradley -- 4."He died from a broken heart" / Rexford Dickey -- 5.The Minefields of Manila Bay / Stanley E. Gorski -- 6."We all piled out on deck" / Jack A. Holt -- 7."Okinawa was absolute hell" / Paul J. Jarvis -- 8."We were scared to death" / Eric H. Johanson -- 9."The ship pulled me down" / Ruel N. Lawrence -- 10."Norluna, you're supposed to be sunk!" / John M. Le Cato -- 11.One Step Ahead of the Japs / Edward A. MacMichael -- 12.Torpedoes and Molasses Don't Mix / Edward C. March -- 13."Did you ever hear a ship die?" / John S. "Jack" McCusker -- 14.Walnuts and Bauxite for the War / Harry A. Morgan -- 15.A Prisoner of the Japanese / Dennis A. Roland -- 16."She was there, and all of a sudden it wasn't" / William J. Shearer -- 17.Cargo for Pearl and Nawiliwili / Henrik E. "Hank" Sievers -- 18."Captain, they're gonna machine-gun us!" / Robert B. Smolen -- 19."I hated to see her lost" / John H. Tiencken -- 20.42 Days in a Lifeboat / Donald E. Zubrod.

Summary

"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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9780786494675 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786494670 (softcover ; alk. paper)
9781476618876 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.

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