Title: The Mathews men : seven brothers and the war against Hitler's U-boats /
Authors: Geroux, William,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Hodges family; Hodges family; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine.; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German.; Merchant mariners United States; Submarines (Ships) Germany History; Merchant mariners United States Biography; Brothers Virginia Mathews Biography.; Submarines (Ships) Germany; HISTORY / Military / World War II.; Brothers; Merchant mariners; Military operations, Naval|xGerman.; Military operations, Naval|xSubmarine.; Submarines (Ships); Atlantic Coast (U.S.) History, Naval; Mathews County (Va.) Biography.; Mathews County (Va.) History, Naval; Germany; United States; United States Atlantic Coast; Virginia Mathews.
Abstract: One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community's monumental contribution to that effort.
Contents: A gift from the predators -- Born to the water -- The Devil's shovel -- Missing -- Professional survivors -- "Off Hatteras the tankers sink" -- Killing ground to battleground -- "Avoid polar bear liver" -- Catastrophe -- "Please don't tell me" -- Counterattack -- The conveyor belt -- War's end -- Legacy -- The Mathews men and women.