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Twelve desperate miles : the epic WWII voyage of the Contessa
Recounts the story of how an old New Orleans banana boat and a crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot, were drafted into service in World War II and succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa.
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- "Recounts the story of how an old New Orleans banana boat and a crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot, were drafted into service in World War II and succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa."@en
- "November 1942, the largest convoy ever to cross the Atlantic attacked Axis forces in North Africa in the first major battle of the war in Europe. Vital to its mission was a rusty transport out of New Orleans and a gang of ex-cons from a decrepit Virginia jail."@en
- "Documents the World War II service of a Honduran banana boat staffed with international merchant seamen, inmates, and a French harbor pilot who heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa."@en
- "Documents the World War II service of a Honduran banana boat staffed with international merchant seamen, inmates, and a French harbor pilot who heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa."
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- "Twelve desperate miles the epic WWII voyage of the Contessa"
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