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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. - Auckland [N.Z.] : HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2005. - 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oral history (Auckland, N.Z.) . - Oral history (Auckland, N.Z.) .

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.

ISBN: 1869505190 9781869505196

LCCN: 2005432056

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1939-1945)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--New Zealand.--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, New Zealand.
Merchant mariners--History.--New Zealand
Seafaring life--History.--New Zealand

LC Class. No.: D810.T8 / H44 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 940.548193