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Two Years Behind the Mast

An American Landlubber at Sea in World War II

By McCormick, Lt. Comm. Harold J.
1991, Sunflower University Press
ISBN 0897451384

Descripton: Cover painting: "Death of a Liberty Ship," by marine artist Herb Hewitt. U-861, commanded by Jürgen Oesten, torpedoed the author's liberty ship SS William Gaston on 24 July, 1944. Good photos.