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Shepherds of the sea : destroyer escorts in World War II / Robert F. Cross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cross, Robert F., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Destroyer escorts--United States--History--20th century.
- Destroyer escorts.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean.
- United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- United States.
- United States. Navy.
- History.
- Sailors--United States--Biography.
- Sailors.
- United States. Navy--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Like lambs to the slaughter
- Good luck ... and good hunting
- Reversing the tide
- Away all boarding parties
- The only man on the place
- Blood frozen in my veins
- Off the shores of New Jersey
- Sailors in the shadows
- Coming right at me
- Pink streaks of afterglow
- Epilogue: gray ghost from the past
- Appendix I. Destroyer escorts lost during World War II
- Appendix II. Shipyards in which destroyer escorts were built
- Appendix III. Destroyer escorts manned by Coast Guard.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591141440
- 1591141443
- OCLC:
- 457161587
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