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Highlighting the underreported role auxiliary vessels played in the war, A Strange Whim of the Sea: The Wreck of the USS Macaw should engage the military historian and lay reader alike with the previously untold story it tells of struggle, sacrifice, death and survival in the Pacific in World War II.

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Rough Start On the Rocks Troubled Waters Off to War Perilous Passage South Pacific The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner Midway Emergency Exit Business on Great Waters Aftermath

A Strange Whim of the Sea

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      Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
      Publication Date: 15/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9780813196220, 978-0813196220
      ISBN10: 0813196221
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      Modern warfare Second World War Naval forces and warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Highlighting the underreported role auxiliary vessels played in the war, A Strange Whim of the Sea: The Wreck of the USS Macaw should engage the military historian and lay reader alike with the previously untold story it tells of struggle, sacrifice, death and survival in the Pacific in World War II.

      Table of Contents
      Rough Start On the Rocks Troubled Waters Off to War Perilous Passage South Pacific The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner Midway Emergency Exit Business on Great Waters Aftermath

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