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Oesten also featured in "Wolf",
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This review is from: Two Years Behind the Mast: An American Landlubber at Sea in World War II (Paperback)
Having read "Wolf" recently, another good book about German U-boats in World War II, I found this book an excellent companion. Jurgen Oesten is featured in both! This book is an excellent first person narrative about one naval officer's experiences aboard a Liberty ship in World War II
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Unusual autobiography by U-boat victim,
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This review is from: Two Years Behind the Mast: An American Landlubber at Sea in World War II (Paperback)
This little gem belongs in every library focusing on the war at sea! The author's easy, frank, humorous and unpretensious presentation of his unusual experiences in World War II as commander of a liberty ship sunk by a U-boat off the coast of Argentina, couple with a number of well-researched photos, offers insight not usually found in elaborate treatises
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True story by officer sunk by Uboat who befriends his enemy!,
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This review is from: Two Years Behind the Mast: An American Landlubber at Sea in World War II (Paperback)
Lt. Commander McCormick colorfully recites his World War II experiences in some detail. The book takes an unusual twist when McCormick locates and befriends Jurgen Oesten (Knight's Cross, 1941), commander on U-861 which torpedoed and sunk McCormick's U.S. Liberty ship SS William Gaston off the coast of Buenos Aires in July 1944. Oesten and McCormick exchanged several visits to each other's homes; the book is dedicated to Oesten. Fortunately, the crew on the SS William Gaston was plucked from the sea after two days by the SS Matagorda. One of the few books covering experiences on one of the 2710 Liberty ships built in America during World War II. Over 200 were lost to U-boats or maritime accidents. Research in Argentina initially caused McCormick to conclude that the William Gaston was "set up" by a spy ship. However, Commander Oesten denies any collusion. Numerous photo in this nifty 145-page slick-covered paperback with spectacular painting by marine artist Herb Hewitt on the cover. Recommended
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Two Years Behind the Mast: An American Landlubber at Sea in World War II by Harold J. McCormick (Paperback - May 1991)
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