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"The United States Merchant Marine has a tradition - from the Revolutionary War to the present-day Gulf conflicts - of being in the forefront of every American military action. They have served with distinction in every case. Brian Herbert has chronicled the exploits of these seaman, assembling an array of data to describe the world of the Merchant Marine in peace and especially in war." "Drawing from historical documents, government records, diaries, and interviews with surviving veterans, Herbert has constructed a history that details the heroism, self-sacrifice, and grim determination that has been the hallmark of the United States Merchant Marine. He also reveals one of the great injustices of American history - the grave failure of our legislators that has allowed the veterans of the Merchant Marine to become the forgotten heroes of World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
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Merchant marine, History, Naval History, Merchant mariners, Fiction, science fiction, generalPlaces
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The Forgotten Heroes: The Heroic Story of the United States Merchant Marine
April 21, 2005, Forge Books
Paperback
in English
0765307073 9780765307071
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The forgotten heroes: the heroic story of the United States Merchant Marine
2004, Forge
in English
- 1st ed.
0765307065 9780765307064
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"THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE OF TODAY IS ONLY A SHADOW OF ITS FORmer self, with fewer merchant ships afloat than those currently sailing under the flag of the tiny Mediterranean republic of Malta, which occupies only 124 square miles."
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