Herman Melton (1920-2013) was a World War II
veteran of both the Murmansk and Pacific convoys.
Will Melton, son of the author, retired in 2015
after forty years as a public relations officer and fund-raiser for
schools, colleges, and scientific research organizations. His
lifelong interest in military history was inspired by family trips
as a boy to battlefields and history museums.
Liberty's War is very much worth reading by those who are interested in the Merchant Marine or World War II memoirs. It is a rare example of a junior officers' memoire that is informative and readable, giving us a detailed view of life on Liberty Ships hunted by U-boats, tossed about by Arctic gales and heavy seas, and attacked by Japanese aircraft. Recommended as a primary source and popular history." --Naval Historical Foundation "[An] excellent resource. It's fascinating!" --WTBF AM/FM "Liberty's War is worth reading on several levels: a memoir, an adventure, and underreported history." --The Daily News "Liberty's War lives up to the merchant mariners' motto, 'We'll Deliver.' Melton's memoir of his career as a cadet at the fledgling U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and as a wartime merchant mariner is written with a frankness that belies the wrenching uncertainty that must have gripped his generation. The mixture of terrifying experiences aboard and alongside Liberty ships from Murmansk to the Philippines and pranks, hasty cross-country treks on leave, and marriage are a refreshing reminder that life goes on, as it must--and that the cost of freedom is paid by the many, not a few." --Lincoln Paine, author of The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
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