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200,000 Miles Aboard the Destroyer Cotton


Robinson, C. Snelling (Charles Snelling), 1922-
[Place of publication not identified] : Kent State University Press, 2013. 2013

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All the gallant men : an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor


Stratton, Donald, 1922-2020 author.
New York, NY : William Morrow, [2016] 2016

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American boys : the true story of the Lost 74 of the Vietnam War


Esola, Louise, author.
[Temecula, California?] : Pennway Books, [2014] 2014

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As long as it's fun : the epic voyages and extraordinary times of Lin and Larry Pardey


McCormick, Herb, 1955-
Arcata, California : Paradise Cay Publications, 2014. 2014

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Batfish, the champion "submarine-killer" submarine of World War II


Lowder, Hughston E., 1925-
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1980] 1980

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Before the dawn


Block, Mickey, 1947-
Canton, Ohio : Daring Books, [1988] 1988

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The box wine sailors : misadventures of a broke young couple at sea


McCullough, Amy (Amy Gayle), 1979-
Chicago, Illinois : Academy Chicago Publishers, [2015] 2015

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The Box Wine Sailors : Misadventures of a Broke Young Couple at Sea


McCullough, Amy (Amy Gayle), 1979-
[Place of publication not identified] : Chicago Review Press, 2015. 2015

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Breaking the code : a father's secret, a daughter's journey, and the question that changed everythin


Fisher-Alaniz, Karen.
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2011] 2011

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Breaking the code : a father's secret, a daughter's journey, and the question that changed everythin


Fisher-Alaniz, Karen.
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2011] 2011

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Cargo of hope : voyages of the humanitarian ship Vega


Granger, Shane, 1948- author.
Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2023] 2023

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The castaway's war : one man's battle against Imperial Japan


Harding, Stephen, 1952- author.
Boston : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016] 2016

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The castaway's war : one man's battle against Imperial Japan


Harding, Stephen, 1952-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, ℗2016. 2016

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Clear the bridge! : The war patrols of the U.S.S. Tang


O'Kane, Richard H. (Richard Hetherington), 1911-1994.
Chicago : Rand McNally, [1977] 1977

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Courage under fire : true stories of bravery from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines


Otfinoski, Steven, author.
North Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, [2015] 2015

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Dangerous seas : memoirs of a sailor aboard a destroyer during World War II


Williams, David L., 1922-
Plainville, CT : Woodstock Books, [1998] 1998

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Days of steel rain : the epic story of a WWII vengeance ship in the year of the Kamikaze


Jones, Brent E., author.
New York : Hachette Books, 2021. 2021

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Defend us in battle : the true story of MA2 Navy SEAL medal of honor recipient Michael A. Monsoor


Monsoor, George, author.
[Nashville, Tennessee] : Harper Horizon, [2022] 2022

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Descent into darkness : Pearl Harbor, 1941 : a Navy diver's memoir


Raymer, Edward C.
Novato, CA : Presidio, [1996] 1996

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Descent into darkness : Pearl Harbor, 1941: a Navy diver's memoir


Raymer, Edward C.
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [1996] 1996

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A flick of sunshine : the remarkable shipwrecked, marooned, maritime adventures, and tragic fate of


Hill, Frederic B., author.
Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022] 2022

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Flirting with mermaids : the unpredictable life of a sailboat delivery skipper


Kretschmer, John.
Dobbs Ferry, NY : Sheridan House, 1999. 1999

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Four brothers from Lowell


Turcotte, James Richard, 1958- author.
Punxsutawney, PA : Pocol Press, [2021] 2021

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Gary Jobson : an American sailing story


Jobson, Gary.
White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, [2011] 2011

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The hard way around : the passages of Joshua Slocum


Wolff, Geoffrey, 1937-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2010] 2010

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The heart of hell: the untold story of courage and sacrifice in the shadow of Iwo Jima


Weiss, Mitch.
[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2016. 2016

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The heart of hell : the untold story of courage and sacrifice in the shadow of Iwo Jima


Weiss, Mitch, author.
New York : Berkley Caliber, [2016] 2016

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Honor bound : a gay American fights for the right to serve his country


Steffan, Joseph, 1964-
New York : Villard Books, 1992. 1992

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It ain't as easy as it looks : Ted Turner's amazing story


Bibb, Porter.
New York : Crown Publishers, 1993. 1993

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John Paul Jones.


Badertscher, Eric, author.
[Place of publication not identified] Great Neck Publishing 2005. 2005

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Joshua Barney : hero of the Revolution and 1812


Norton, Louis A.
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2000] 2000

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The kissing sailor : the mystery behind the photo that ended World War II


Verria, Lawrence.
Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2012] 2012

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The luck of the draw : the memoir of a World War II submariner : from Savo Island to the silent serv


Ruiz, Kenneth C, author.
[United States] : Voyageur Press, 2005. 2005

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Mine's bigger : Tom Perkins and the making of the greatest sailing machine ever built


Kaplan, David A., 1956-
New York : HarperCollins, [2007] 2007

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No higher honor : the U.S.S. Yorktown at the Battle of Midway


Nesmith, Jeff.
Atlanta, Ga. : Longstreet, [1999] 1999

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Out of the depths : an unforgettable WWII story of survival, courage, and the sinking of the USS Ind


Harrell, Edgar, 1924- author.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2014] 2014

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Pacific lady : the first woman to sail solo across the world's largest ocean


Adams, Sharon Sites.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008] 2008

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Please enjoy your happiness


Brinkley-Rogers, Paul, author.
New York : Touchstone, 2017. 2017

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Radioman : an eyewitness account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific


Daves, Ray.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008. 2008

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Sailing a serious ocean : sailboats, storms, stories, and lessons learned from 30 years at sea


Kretschmer, John.
Camden, Maine : International Marine/McGraw-Hill Education, [2014] 2014

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Sailing in a spoonful of water


Coomer, Joe.
New York : Picador, 1997. 1997

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Sailing in a spoonful of water


Coomer, Joe, author
New York : Picador USA, [1998] 1998

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Silent running : my years on a World War II attack submarine


Calvert, James F., 1920-2009.
New York : J. Wiley, [1995] 1995

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Silent running : my years on a World War II attack submarine


Calvert, James F., 1920-2009.
[United States] : Blackstone Audio, Incorporated : Made available through hoopla, 2010. 2010

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Slavish shore : the odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr.


Amestoy, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Lee), 1946-
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015] 2015

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Sole survivor : a personal story about the Battle of Midway


Gay, George H., 1917-
[Place of publication not identified] : Midway Publishers, [1986] 1986

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Take her deep! : a submarine against Japan in World War II


Galantin, I. J., 1910-
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. 1987

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Tin can man


Jernigan, E. J. (Emory J.), 1923-
Arlington, VA, USA: Vandamere Press, [1993] 1993

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Tin can man


Jernigan, E. J. (Emory J.), 1923-
[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, 2011. 2011

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