Where Away: A Modern Odyssey - George Sessions Perry
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On 4th February 1942, the USS Marblehead was with an American-British-Dutch-Australian fleet patrolling the waters around the Dutch East Indies when thirty-six enemy bombers were sighted.
In the ensuing battle the Marblehead received two direct hits and fires swept through the ship. She listed dangerously to starboard and her rudder also jammed meaning that she stuck circling full speed to port.
Even though the heat of battle the gunners continued fighting and the crew helped the wounded and managed to bring the fires under control.
It was during this ferocious battle that the Marblehead received its unofficial motto: “battered but never broken”.
Unable to dock in nearby ports the ship and crew limped home across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans to enter the drydock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Where Away, A Modern Odyssey is the remarkable account of the USS Marblehead and its 16,000 journey from a battle in the Far East back to American shores.
George Sessions Perry was a journalist and novelist who worked as a war correspondent through the course of the Second World War. He passed away in 1956. Isabel Leighton, an actress and author, co-wrote the book with Perry passed away in 1995. Their book Where Away, A Modern Odyssey was first published in 1944.
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This post has 3 comments with rating of 5/5
June 21st, 2020
A very good story of human courage, tenacity and endurance at sea.
I also recommend: Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy At Guadalcanal by James D. Hornfischer
Thank you very much.
June 22nd, 2020
Thank you rmoor for the great titles!
@Alphine: I’ll see if I can find it :)
June 22nd, 2020
@Alpine59: found it! Thanks for your suggestion :)
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