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Canadians in the Battle of the Atlantic / Larry Gray.

by Gray, Larry, 1937-

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Folklore Pub., c2007.

940.545971 G779c

Canada. Royal Canadian Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.

Canada. Royal Canadian Navy -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Ocean.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Canadian.

Sailors -- Canada -- Biography.

9781894864664 (pbk.)

335 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest offensive of World War II. From December 1939 until the end of World War II, after shipments of vital supplies streaming into Britain suffered terrible losses, Canada committed itself to helping protect Allied shipping in the Atlantic Ocean. Thousands of valiant Canadians lost their lives on the high seas during hard-fought encounters with the enemy. Here are the stories of the courageous people who protected Canada and its allies from their German and Italian foes (...)"--Back cover.

Larry Francis Gray is a retired member of the Canadian Armed Forces. He served as a radio officer, air navigator and information officer before becoming the managing editor for the newspaper of the Canadian Army in Europe. He has also been a United Nations military observer and served as part of the Commonwealth Election Team in Zimbabwe in 1980. After he retired from the RCAF, he served with the Royal Canadian Legion, the Veterans Review and Appeal Board and the Office of the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman. Gray has received the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation, the Queen's Jubilee Medal, the United Nations Peacekeeping Medal, the Canada Celebration 88 Medal for Voluntarism, the United Nations Service Medal and the Canadian Forces Decoration.

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