Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war /
Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war /
edited by Neill Atkinson ; foreword by the Right Hon. Helen Clark.
- 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Introduction : New Zealand merchant seafarers at war, 1939-45 / Neill Atkinson -- Further reading -- You knew you were on the bull's eye / Lionel Hodgson -- The old Aquitania / John Montgomery -- Caught by the Japanese / Bill Hall -- Five hundred ships / Pat O'Shea -- The Santa Marija convoy / John Gregson -- Four days of Hell / Les Watson -- It seemed like an eternity / Darcy Hoffman -- I don't like the look of tonight / Allan Wyllie -- Loch Ewe to Murmansk / Dan Bashall -- It was the most astounding thing / Dewi Browne -- We had to feed the troops / Cliff Turner -- I put my age up / Lou Barron -- A pierhead jump / Thor Larsen -- Up the Red Sea / Steve Carey -- Real true adventures / Jim Blundell.
1869505190 9781869505196
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations
Merchant mariners--History--New Zealand
Seafaring life--History--New Zealand
940.548193
Includes index.
Introduction : New Zealand merchant seafarers at war, 1939-45 / Neill Atkinson -- Further reading -- You knew you were on the bull's eye / Lionel Hodgson -- The old Aquitania / John Montgomery -- Caught by the Japanese / Bill Hall -- Five hundred ships / Pat O'Shea -- The Santa Marija convoy / John Gregson -- Four days of Hell / Les Watson -- It seemed like an eternity / Darcy Hoffman -- I don't like the look of tonight / Allan Wyllie -- Loch Ewe to Murmansk / Dan Bashall -- It was the most astounding thing / Dewi Browne -- We had to feed the troops / Cliff Turner -- I put my age up / Lou Barron -- A pierhead jump / Thor Larsen -- Up the Red Sea / Steve Carey -- Real true adventures / Jim Blundell.
1869505190 9781869505196
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations
Merchant mariners--History--New Zealand
Seafaring life--History--New Zealand
940.548193