xiii, 335 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-322) and index.
Indexed In:
Bklst 11/15/2006
Kirkus 08/15/2006
Summary
Describes how two American Merchant Marines manned the guns of their crippled tanker to fight off Axis dive-bombers for two days as the sinking tanker was towed by destroyers to the island of Malta to prevent Rommel's North Africa advance.
