We are Sinking, Send Help!: The U.S. Navy's Tugs and Salvage Ships in the African, European, and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II

by David D Bruhn and David D. Bruhn

U.S. Navy rescue tugs and salvage ships were in the thick of the action during the invasion of French North Africa, the lengthy, bitter Italian Campaign, and the invasion of France in World War II. Seventeen officers and men from the salvage ship Brant and the fleet tug Cherokee received Navy Cross Medals for their heroic actions during a special operation in French Morocco. Cherokee was the first Atlantic Fleet tug to earn a battle star overseas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888265485
• ISBN13: 9781888265484
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Heritage Books
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"