| Entry Text: | ELPHICK, Peter. Life Line: The Merchant Navy at War 1939–1945. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 1999. ISBN: 1861761007 A modern assessment of the courage and sacrifice of the men of the Merchant Navy and the conditions under which they served, with a large set of well-told tales of the trials and tribulations of their wartime lot, from sinkings to poor food and conditions. A good account. |
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