Alan C. Carey's latest book, Galloping Ghosts of the Brazilian Coast, details United States Naval Air Operations in the South Atlantic during World War II.

Galloping Ghosts of the Brazilian Coast: United States Naval Air Operations in the South Atlantic during World War II, provides an indepth study of antisubmarine operations against German U-boats by the United States Navy and the Brazilian Air Force during World War II.

(PRWEB) July 4, 2004 -- Alan C. Carey's latest book on World War II, Galloping Ghosts of the Brazilian Coast: United States Naval Air Operations in the South Atlantic during World War II, examines aerial operations conducted by the U.S. Navy and the Brazilian Air Force in the South Atlantic during World War II.

During a period from January 1943 to September 1944, U.S. and Brazilian patrol squadrons sank 16 German U-boats and one Italian submarine in the course of providing aerial coverage for Allied and neutral merchant shipping in the South Atlantic.

By including a considerable number of eyewitness accounts from members of the U.S. Navy and the German U-boat service, Alan C. Careys Galloping Ghosts of the Brazilian Coast provides a thoughtful, gripping, and in-depth examination of naval air operations in the South Atlantic during the Second World War.

Product Details:

ISBN: 059566329X

Format: Hardcover, 156pp

Pub. Date: June 2004

Size: 6 x 9

Illustrations: 40+ photographs

Other formats: Paperback

Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated

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