TY  - BOOK
AU  - Atkinson,Neill
TI  - Hell or high water
SN  - 186950786X
U1  - 940.548193 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Auckland [N.Z.]
PB  - HarperCollins
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, New Zealand
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Merchant mariners
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - History
KW  - Seafaring life
N1  - 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; 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
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