Uncommon Courage : The Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War II (Paperback)

Introduction: A riddle in the attic 1 'There must be hundreds of chaps like me' 2 'I happened to look around and he was gone' 3 'They ought to make some use of us' 4 'Are there many like you in England?' 5 'Do you think you'll like this sort of thing?' 6 'I hardened to the life' 7 'So casual and quiet in the extraordinary things that you do' 8 'I couldn't help noticing that it wasn't quite what you expected' 9 'He helped me out of a bit of a mess' 10 'The last strongholds were battered, stormed and overwhelmed' 11 'I sign articles' 12 'Small things sidled out of dark hiding places' 13 'The dark spaces of the North Sea' 14 'Mosquitoes with stings' 15 'The very splash of the surf and the bubble of the tides' 16 'Distracted by the multiplicity of its functions' 17 'Every inch of it must be important' 18 'It's a dirty-looking night and I don't like this swell' 19 'Would you care to join me in a little yachting?' 20 'Multitudes of seagoing lighters, carrying full loads of soldiers' 21 'There was an outburst of shouting which soon died away' 22 'Goodbye Old Chap' 23 'From that point our personal history is of no concern' Endnotes Acknowledgements Bibliography Index