Americans called it Torpedo Junction; to the Germans, it was Devil's Gorge. By any name, the North Atlantic of the early 1940s was one of the most dangerous fronts in a catastrophic war. Called upon in desperate times, seven of the Coast Guard's finest ships?the sleek, efficient, tough 327-foot Secretary-class cutters?and their crews plied these unforgiving waters to protect convoys of troops and much-needed supplies. Painstakingly assembled from interviews, diaries, notes, and letters, these are their stories. . . .
Author: Walling, Michael
Pages: 291
Product code: 60.42.145
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