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The Mathews men seven brothers and the war against Hitler's U-boats

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One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community's monumental contribution to that effort.

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Main Author: Geroux, William (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, German.
Merchant mariners > United States.
Submarines (Ships) > Germany > History > 20th century.
Merchant mariners > United States > Biography.
Hodges family.
Brothers > Virginia > Mathews > Biography.
Submarines (Ships) > Germany.
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History, Naval > 20th century.
Mathews County (Va.) > Biography.
Mathews County (Va.) > History, Naval > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • A gift from the predators
  • Born to the water
  • The Devil's shovel
  • Missing
  • Professional survivors
  • "Off Hatteras the tankers sink"
  • Killing ground to battleground
  • "Avoid polar bear liver"
  • Catastrophe
  • "Please don't tell me"
  • Counterattack
  • The conveyor belt
  • War's end
  • Legacy
  • The Mathews men and women.

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