Hell or high water / 
edited by Neill Atkinson. 
 - 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Cover subtitle: New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war.  "Hell or high water includes stirring accounts of war at sea: the seamen who survived air and submarine attacks, some enduring days adrift in open lifeboats; an 18-year-old awarded the George Cross during the 1942 Pedestal convoy to relieve Malta; and others who spent years in Japanese prisons"--Back cover.  Previous ed.: 2005.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : New Zealand merchant seafarers at war, 1939-45 / Neill Atkinson -- Further reading -- You knew you were 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>186950786X 9781869507862 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations<br/>Merchant mariners--History--New Zealand<br/>Seafaring life--History--New Zealand
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.548193