Steaming as Before

Bovbjerg, Richard V.

ISBN 10: 0761828508 / ISBN 13: 9780761828501

Edité par Hamilton Books (edition ), 2004

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. N° de réf. du vendeur 0761828508-7-1

Synopsis :

Thrust into the position of captain by the necessity of war, Richard Bovbjerg, a young biologist, chronicles a fascinating look at the lives of men aboard a minesweeper, the Y.M.S. 353. Bovbjerg guides his crew from Miami, Florida through the South Pacific to the Philippines in the closing year of World War II. From their small wooden hulled boat, Bovbjerg and his crew experience the boredom of endless days at sea punctuated by kamikaze attacks, meetings with a Stone Age tribe in the South Pacific, shore leaves in pre-revolutionary Cuba, the creativity necessary to survive Navy bureaucracy, the terror of tropical typhoons among uncharted reefs, the endless terror of mines, and finally, miraculously, their survival without casualty. An intimate, gritty testimony to be shared by the captains and sailors of the Pacific minesweepers with their children and with all those interested in the daily realities of war, Steaming as Before provides a compelling account of war from life at the base in Miami to the liberation of Palau.

À propos de l?auteur: Richard V. Bovbjerg, deceased, was a former Captain in the United States Navy.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Steaming as Before
Éditeur : Hamilton Books (edition )
Date d'édition : 2004
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair