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Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war / edited by Neill Atkinson ; foreward by the Right Hon. Helen Clark.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oral history (Auckland, N.Z.)Publication details: Auckland [N.Z.] : HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2005.Description: 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1869505190
  • 9781869505196
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.548193 22
LOC classification:
  • D810.T8 H44 2005
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand Non-Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Non-Fiction Non Fiction 940.548193 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00397750

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-53) and 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.

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