One Common Enemy [electronic resource] : The Laconia Incident: a survivor's memoir
McLoughlin, Jim2012
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" "I'll see the world," Jim McLoughlin told his parents as he set off to join
the Royal Navy in 1939. "It'll be fun." Months later, this Liverpool lad was
sailing to war aboard the massive battleship HMS "Valiant". He saw some of the
world, but it wasn't fun. In "One Common Enemy", he recounts how the chaos and
carnage of war at sea in the Norwegian and Mediterranean campaigns led him to a
fateful rendezvous with a much-loved ship from his boyhood, the passenger liner
"Laconia". Nostalgia turned to disaster when "Laconia" was torpedoed by a German
U-boat in the South Atlantic. Despite a remarkable rescue attempt by a
courageous, compassionate foe, Jim was condemned to a drifting lifeboat and a
harrowing voyage of death and madness. "One Common Enemy" is a story of a
desperate personal battle for survival, but also a moving narrative of innocence
lost and a lifelong battle with confronting memories."
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Author:
McLoughlin, Jim, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : , 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743051801
Language:
English
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BRN:
435068
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |