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| 3662 | UNITED STATES. Navy Department. United States Naval Chronology, World War II. vii, 214p., bibliog. Washington: USGPO, 1955.
Covers the whole period from 1939 to 1945. |
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| 3663 | VEIGELE, William J. PC Patrol Craft of World War II: A History of the Ships and Their Crews. 400p., illus., index. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Astral, 2000. ISBN: 0964586711.
A good account which judiciously mixes technical description and oral history. Initially deployed in the Atlantic, they slowly moved to serve in other theaters. |
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| 3664 | WALLING, Michael G. Bloodstained Sea: The U. S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic 1941-1944. xiv, 291p., bibliog., illus., index. Camden, Me.: International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN: 0071424016.
Based on eyewitness accounts. |
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| 3665 | WELLINGS, Joseph H. On His Majesty's Service: Observations of the British Home Fleet from the Diary, Reports and Letters of Joseph H. Wellings, Assistant Naval Attaché London: 1940–41, edited by John B. Hattendorf (Naval War College Historical Monograph Series, no. 5). ix, 249p., illus., index. Newport: Naval War College Press, 1983. ISBN: 0756728827.
A fascinating view of all aspects of the RN at war from strategy to diagrams of A/S screens and including notes of time spent on Eskimo, Hood, Curacao,and Birmingham. |
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| 3666 | WILLOUGHBY, Malcolm F. The US Coast Guard in World War II. xvii, 347p., illus., index. Annapolis: USNIP, [1957]. A good account of their involvement in lifesaving, Atlantic combat, and the support of invasions. Reprinted in 2016 by the Naval Institute Press, ISBN: 9781591146063. |
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| 3667 | BEECHER, John. All Brave Sailors: The Story of the s.s. Booker T. Washington. 208p. New York: L. B. Fischer, 1945.
The story of the first racially integrated ship in the US Merchant Marine. It therefore excited much interest. She was a Liberty ship which mainly took part in the Mediterranean landings. |
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| 3668 | BERRY, Bob. Gunners Get Glory: Lt. Bob Berry's Story of the Navy's Armed Guard. 293p., illus. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943.
Ghosted by Lloyd Wendt, a journalist whose friend Berry served with the Armed Guard in merchantmen in the Atlantic, Pacific (including New Zealand), and in the invasion of Sicily. |
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| 3669 | BILLY, George J. & BILLY, Christine M. Merchant Mariners at War: An Oral History of World War II. viii, 322p., bibliog., illus., index. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2008.ISBN: 0813032466.
First-hand accounts of the wartime experiences of veterans who graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy - the largest supplier of ships' officers in WWII. Gathered over more than a decade at the academy in Kings Point, New York, the interviews offer a unique portrait of the young officers. |
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| 3670 | BROWNING, Robert M. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II. [xxiv], 575p., bibliog., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1996. ISBN: 1557500878.
A chronological list of casualties with details of the ship and of the events relating to the sinking. |
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| 3671 | BUNKER, John. Heroes in Dungarees: The Story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II. xiv, 373p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1995. ISBN: 1557500932.
An uncritical anecdotal history which offers little in the way of analysis or research. |
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| 3672 | CARSE, Robert. Lifeline: The Ships and Men of Our Merchant Marine at War. 189p., illus. New York: Morrow, 1943.
How the Merchant Navy works and fights. |
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| 3673 | CARSE, Robert. The Long Haul: The United States Merchant Service in World War II. 224p., illus., index. New York: Norton, 1965.
A tribute to the men of the service, which is a general history fleshed out with accounts of individual triumphs and tragedies. |
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| 3674 | COOPER, Sherod. Liberty Ship: The Voyages of the John W. Brown 1942–1946. xvi, 246p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1997. ISBN: 1557501351.
This ship made eight voyages in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. These are recounted in detail but well-set in context. |
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| 3675 | CRUMP, Irving. Our Tanker Fleet. x, 244p., illus. New York: Dodd Mead, 1952.
How tankers are crewed and operated, with many anecdotal tales of bravery, especially from WWII. |
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| 3676 | DI PHILLIP, John. Gunner's Diary. 111p. Boston: Meador, 1946.
Deals mainly with the exploits of a gun crew while serving aboard the S. M. Flager, an oil tanker owned by the Standard Oil Company. |
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| 3677 | ELLIOTT, George. Liberty Ships Eastward. 112p., illus. Portland, Me.: Provincial, 1996. ISBN: 0931675022.
A young man's war on Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean convoys, with original drawings by the author. |
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| 3678 | FARRAR, Frank. A Ship's Log Book. viii, 270p., illus. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Great Outdoors, 1988. ISBN: 0820010375.
An exciting account of war and peace in the American Merchant Marine, including Arctic convoys. Well written record of an admirable merchant marine career. |
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| 3679 | GIBBS, Archie. U Boat Prisoner: The Life Story of a Texas Sailor. 208p. New York: Mifflin, 1943. An American AB in the US Merchant Marine is torpedoed, rescued, then escapes and goes back to sea. A hyperbolic tale that was made into a Hollywood film. |
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| 3680 | GLEICHAUF, Justin F. Unsung Sailors: The Naval Armed Guard in World War II. xviii, 432p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1990. ISBN: 0870217704.
145,000 Americans saw service in the Armed Guard in some of the hardest fought convoy actions of the war. Full of anecdote but fills a gap in the literature. |
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| 3681 | HOEHLING, A. A. The Fighting Liberty Ships: A Memoir. vii, 166p., bibliog., illus., index. Kent, Ohio: Kent State UP, 1990. ISBN: 1557503699.
The author was a gunnery officer in the Naval Armed Guard and recounts his adventures on Liberty ships in the Atlantic, European, and Mediterranean theaters. Republished in paperback by the NIP in 1996. |
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