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Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping."Daniel James Brown, 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the BoatOne 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 communitys monumental contribution to that effortMathews County, Virginia, is a remote outpost on the Chesapeake Bay with little to offer except unspoiled scenerybut it sent an unusually large concentration of sea captains to fight in World War II. The Mathews Men tells that heroic story through the experiences of one extraordinary family whose seven sons (and their neighbors), U.S. merchant mariners all, suddenly found themselves squarely in the cross-hairs of the U-boats bearing down on the coastal United States in 1942. From the late 1930s to 1945, virtually all the fuel, food and munitions that sustained the Allies in Europe traveled not via the Navy but in merchant ships. After Pearl Harbor, those unprotected ships instantly became the U-boats prime targets. And they were easy targetsthe Navy lacked the inclination or resources to defend them until the beginning of 1943. Hitler was determined that his U-boats should sink every American ship they could find, sometimes within sight of tourist beaches, and to kill as many mariners as possible, in order to frighten their shipmates into staying ashore. As the war progressed, men from Mathews sailed the North and South Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and even the icy Barents Sea in the Arctic Circle, where they braved the dreaded Murmansk Run. Through their experiences we have eyewitnesses to every danger zone, in every kind of ship. Some died horrific deaths. Others fought to survive torpedo explosions, flaming oil slicks, storms, shark attacks, mine blasts, and harrowing lifeboat odysseysonly to ship out again on the next boat as soon as they'd returned to safety. The Mathews Men shows us the war far beyond traditional battlefieldsoften the U.S. merchant mariners life-and-death struggles took place just off the U.S. coastbut also takes us to the landing beaches at D-Day and to the Pacific. When final victory is ours, General Dwight D. Eisenhower had predicted, there is no organization that will share its credit more deservedly than the Merchant Marine. Here, finally, is the heroic story of those merchant seamen, recast as the human story of the men from Mathews.From the Hardcover edition. March 2017 by undefined - issuu March 2017 Jungle book l ROYAL Marines from Delta Company 40 Cdo make their way through the rainforest in Belize as part of their training The Jungle Warfare Lootcoza: Sitemap 9789500833301 9500833301 Las 10 Reglas de Oro Para Ser Feliz Robert Ambers 9780953944408 0953944409 Walks from the Gatliff Hostel at Reinigeadal Neil Pinkett Old Coast Guard Station - Welcome! Our Mission The Old Coast Guard Station honors and preserves the history of Virginia's coastal communities and maritime heritage The scope of the Station's exhibits see Victor and Hornet The Victor Index The Victor Index Last Updated January 2017 Note this is very much a work in progress This index now lists all of the Victor Annuals and the 1968 1969 1970 1971 Chase Literary Agency Representing the best authors in THE MATHEWS MEN Seven Brothers and The War Against Hitler's U-Boats by William Geroux The valor and contributions of the US Merchant Marines to victory in WWII Roost Beer Garden at Fearrington Village Fearrington Village When you head into Roost to grab a beer youll notice our wood-fired pizza oven and the fantastic smell of artisan pizzas I did a massive amount of research Publishers Marketplace: Farley Chase GENRES & SPECIALTIES: General fiction Suspense/thriller Reference Biography Business/investing/ finance History Mind/body/spirit Travel Lifestyle Cookbooks Nonfiction Book Review: The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitlers U-boats
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