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Loading... Ship of Courage: The Epic Story of Hmas Perth and Her Crewby Brendan Whiting
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. a book i couldnt put down...and like the story of the indianapolis, this story has you thinking how the hell we won the war?!? in the same sort of vein, it follows the chronicles of hmas perth from commissioning to an early entry into wwii, and then fatefully, posted back to the defence of indonesia and australia. eyewitness accounts and official records help make this book a gripping read to the end. ( ) no reviews | add a review
The saga of HMAS Perth and USS Houston in the Battle of Sunda Strait has never been fully told. In 1942, when valour was all that stood between defeat and victory, these two cruisers earned their place in naval history. But this is also the story of a son finding his father. Brendan Whiting's search was triggered when he came upon an old cedar box containing his father's war-time diaries and a letter written to him by his father when he was serving on HMAS Perth. The author's voyage of discovery has led him through the exploits of HMAS Perth in the Mediterranean to the disastrous Battle of the Java Sea and the final battle of the Sunda Strait: the battle from which his father never returned. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.545994History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Naval operationsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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