商品簡介
"Missing" in World War II meant death for thousands of U. S. Merchant Marinerswho fell victim to U-boat wolf packs. Missing: A Story of American MerchantMariners in World War II describes one merchant ship, the Esso Williamsburg,that disappeared in 1942 in the North Atlantic. From newly commissioned oiltanker to possible derelict, the ship and its crew emerge from the pages of thisbook as haunting representatives of the plight of American merchant mariners,flung into battles for which they were ill-prepared, and left all too frequently tosail off into oblivion in lifeboats never found. Photos and letters contributedby family members and "most secret" documents from American, Canadian, German and U.K. archives combine to recreate the story of this ship and its courageous crew as they fight their part in The Battle of the North Atlantic.
