TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gillen,Michael
TI  - Merchant marine survivors of World War II: oral histories of cargo carrying under fire 
SN  - 9781476618876
AV  - D773 .M473 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Naval operations, American
KW  - Merchant marine
KW  - United States
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Sailors
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Armed merchant ships
KW  - Shipwrecks
KW  - Shipwreck survival
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - "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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