Heroes in Dungarees

Descripton: Focuses on the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II, and provides details of encounters in every part of the globe with Axis vessels and planes, and with the perils of nature. The book relies heavily on official statements of shipwrecked sailors and other contemporary US documents, making for very interesting and exciting reading.

From the uboat.net review: Written by a former merchant crewman who sailed to nearly every corner of the globe from 1942 to 1945, this book describes the daily life of U.S. Merchant Mariners and the perils they faced while purs ...
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