{"product_id":"diary-of-squandered-valor-dalton-leslie-munn-9781480285651","title":"Diary of Squandered Valor: First Convoy to Murmansk","description":"\u003cp\u003eA U. S. Navy Armed Guard Gunner's Mate's gripping day-by-day account of his ship, the SS Larranaga's terrifying run through German U-boats' infamous gauntlet of death in the icy North Seas-in the U. S.'s first convoy to Russia, launched in 1941, before World War II was even declared-and the Armed Guard's hellish ordeal of defending the ship after it reached Murmansk, Russia against the Luftwaffe's relentless daily air attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHastily trained as gunners, assigned to protect an old, slow, poorly-armed freighter, they were ill-prepared for the perils they were to face.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey responded with extraordinary valor on a voyage whose story, according to the U.S. Office of Naval Operations' official public report, \" ... is one of almost unbelievable horror ... There is nothing quite like it in all history\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne out of every three ships that left the U.S. for Russia never made it home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalton Leslie Munn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148028565X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480285651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.17d","brand":"Dalton Leslie Munn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436742193407,"sku":"9781480285651","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3efb7125-d54a-4b6a-ad80-4e47b13143d1.jpg?v=1777157482","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diary-of-squandered-valor-dalton-leslie-munn-9781480285651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}