Winds, Waves, and Warriors - Mitchell, Thomas M
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"During World War II, a few oceanographers created the science of wave forecasting. Their efforts saved the lives of many servicemen who participated in surf landings on D-day and on Pacific islands. Thomas M. Mitchell was the student of one of those pioneers and had long interviews with several others. Those memories add to Mitchell's own knowledge of waves to make a personal and accurate account of a little known episode in the history of science and warfare."--George Forristall, co-founder of Forristall Ocean Engineering

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"During World War II, a few oceanographers created the science of wave forecasting. Their efforts saved the lives of many servicemen who participated in surf landings on D-day and on Pacific islands. Thomas M. Mitchell was the student of one of those pioneers and had long interviews with several others. Those memories add to Mitchell's own knowledge of waves to make a personal and accurate account of a little known episode in the history of science and warfare."--George Forristall, co-founder of Forristall Ocean Engineering
Autorenporträt
Thomas M. Mitchell served twenty-nine years in the U.S. Army Reserve, spent six years studying oceanography, and for twenty-eight years practiced oceanography at Texas Instruments, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, and Texaco, Inc. He has been a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference for thirteen summer sessions.