Banana River: Sea Stories and War Diaries from a World War II Navy Base
By Barbara Marriott.
Description
Banana River-a curving landlocked salt river bordered by a thinstrip of land between it and the Atlantic Ocean. The land was inhabited by hoards of sandflies and mosquitoes. At a time when the Nazi's were torching Europe, the sand was shaped into a naval base. The sand fliesand mosquitoes shared space with the young men who came to prepare forwar. All the men had in common was their youth. Yet, in a time that threatened their lifestyle, their country, and the world, these strangers became a cohesive unit that worked together, played together, and insome cases died together. Woven into ...
ISBN(s)
1418419575, 9781418419578
