Название: Never to Return Автор: Randall Peffer, Robert Nersasian
Издательство: Lyons Press
ISBN: 1493031228
Год: 2017
Страниц: 265
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, djvu
Размер: 10.76 MB
Never to Return is the harrowing tale of the torpedoing and sinking of a Coast Guard ship and the loss of 171 Coast Guardsmen off the coast of Iceland during WWII.
The USS Leopold was a U.S. Coast Guard destroyer escort in a convoy of merchant ships carrying war materiel to England, on the lookout for the deadly U-boat wolf packs lurking in the North Atlantic. The Leopold was largely unarmored, lightly armed, and no match for the U-255’s torpedoes. Never to Return is the story of gunner Sparky Nersasian and his shipmates’ struggles to survive the Leopold’s sinking.
“Colonel Nersasian and Randall Peffer thoroughly researched the history of USS Leopold along with the personal stories from her Coast Guard crewmembers and their families. With their book, Never to Return, the authors have added great depth to the historical narrative of U.S. Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts in the Battle of the Atlantic and spotlighted the stories of honor, respect and devotion to duty of these coast guardsmen during World War II.”–D. A. Neptun, Rear Admiral, USCG (Retired)
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