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One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community's monumental contribution to that effort.
One of the indelible images of World War II is of an explosion at sea-- a U-boat attack, a ship in flames, and an ocean full of men swimming for their lives. The Mathews Men tells the story of what it was like...
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"This meticulous study is a concentrated look at Naval Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his subordinate leaders and mdash;fighting men under stress and mdash;and the relationship of fighting admirals to their top leaders and each other. Bull Halsey, and ldquo;The Patton of the Pacific, and rdquo; could win a battle; ascetic and cultivated Raymond Spruance could win a campaign; but Chester W. Nimitz, the quiet but dauntless battler from the banks of the...
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Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey earned a legendary reputation for daring and boldness as commander of the U.S. Third Fleet. Admiral Halsey's Story is this admiral's record of his actions through the course of his remarkable career in the US Navy. The account begins with a brief overview of his years in school and early years with the navy, where he fought in the First World War and served in Mexico and Greece, as he rose through the ranks to become...
25) The battles
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Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
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920L
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1 online resource : illustrations.
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English
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The Battles contains three stories focusing on key American battles: the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. The Scarlet Stockings Spy is set during the Revolutionary War. In Philadelphia 1777, childhood games now become life-and-death actions for Maddy Rose and her Patriot soldier brother, as British spies are everywhere. In The Town that Fooled the British, the War of 1812 comes to life when the British target St. Michaels, Maryland,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.
For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory...
For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory...
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"Engineers of Victory" is a new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War, the focus being on the problem-solvers: Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the "funny tanks" which flattened the curve on the D-Day beaches; Flight Lieutenant Ronnie Harker "the man who put the Merlin in the Mustang"; and Captain "Johnny" Walker, the convoy captain who worked out how to sink U-boats with a "creeping barrage."...
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Lyons Press
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[2010].
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1 online resource
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English
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"The incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and evade enemy capture in WWII. On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines as it steamed along the surface. All but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went down with the vessel. Of those left floating in the dark, eight survived by swimming for seventeen hours before washing...
29) Sink or swim
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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In January 1942, twelve-year-old Colton is on his family's fishing boat in the Atlantic with his older brother Danny when the boat is capsized by a Nazi U-boat, and Danny is severely injured; realizing how close the enemy is, Colton takes his brother's enlistment papers and joins the Navy, determined to do his part to defeat Germany--if only he can keep his age a secret and survive life at sea.
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The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk...
31) U-571
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Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2000
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Widescreen.
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1 DVD (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the Nazis' top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
32) The Caine mutiny
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
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1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A combat-weary, paranoic Captain Queeg, loses his nerve during a typhoon and is relieved of command by his first officer.
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National Broadcasting Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
50th anniversary collector's ed.
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4 DVDs (ca. 11 hr., 30 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Collection of 26 documentary television broadcasts about World War II. Features the high points of the war on land and sea from September 1939 to September 1945 as recorded in footage taken by Allied and enemy combat photographers.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 DVD (ca. 146 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Churchill admitted after World War II, 'The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.' Take a look at the German U-boats - and how they almost were the deciding factor in World War II - in this BBC documentary.
36) John Paul Jones
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Pub. Date
c2003
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Unabridged.
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12 CDs (Approx. 14 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
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xxxvi, 597 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Draws on eyewitness accounts and primary sources to describe the first months of World War II in the Pacific, after the U.S. Navy suffered the worst defeat in its history at Pearl Harbor.
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"Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
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