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EXPLORING HISTORY, ONE STORY AT A TIME

Welcome to the website of David D. Bruhn, an acclaimed author of 36 books covering Naval History, Competitive Running,
and Leisure Activities. Discover stories of unsung Heroes, Forgotten Battles, and Maritime Adventures that shaped history.

Available online from the publisher, Heritage Books, Amazon.com, Online Bookstore and other booksellers.

BOOKS

A LEGACY OF KNOWLEDGE

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  • Rarely Idle: U.S. Navy Sub-chasers and Royal Navy Motor Launches and Canadian-built Drifters Combating German U-boats in World War I
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    Rarely Idle: U.S. Navy Sub-chasers and Royal Navy Motor Launches and Canadian-built Drifters Combating German U-boats in World War I

    $35.00
  • Send Some King’s Ships: U.S. Navy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, and Royal Canadian Navy Ships Combating German U-boats off North America’s Eastern Seaboard and RNPS and South African Naval Forces Vessels in African Waters as well, 1942-1945
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    Send Some King’s Ships: U.S. Navy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, and Royal Canadian Navy Ships Combating German U-boats off North America’s Eastern Seaboard and RNPS and South African Naval Forces Vessels in African Waters as well, 1942-1945

    $38.00
  • Queenstown Bound: U.S. Navy Destroyers Combating German U-boats in European Waters in <br>World War I
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    Queenstown Bound: U.S. Navy Destroyers Combating German U-boats in European Waters in
    World War I

    $31.00
  • Battle Stars for the "Cactus Navy": America's Fishing Vessels and Yachts in World War II
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    Battle Stars for the “Cactus Navy”: America’s Fishing Vessels and Yachts in World War II

    $32.00
  • Gators Offshore and Upriver: The U.S. Navy's Amphibious Ships and Underwater Demolition Teams, and Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers in Vietnam
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    Gators Offshore and Upriver: The U.S. Navy’s Amphibious Ships and Underwater Demolition Teams, and Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers in Vietnam

    $40.00
  • Sandscrapers: The U.S. Navy’s LSMs (Medium Landing Ships) and LSM(R)s (Rocket Ships) in <br>World War II
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    Sandscrapers: The U.S. Navy’s LSMs (Medium Landing Ships) and LSM(R)s (Rocket Ships) in
    World War II

  • Eyes of the Fleet: The U.S. Navy's Seaplane Tenders and Patrol Aircraft in World War II
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    Eyes of the Fleet: The U.S. Navy’s Seaplane Tenders and Patrol Aircraft in World War II

    $40.00
  • Turn into the Wind, Volume II: US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy Light Fleet Aircraft Carriers in the Korean War and through end of service, 1950-1982
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    Turn into the Wind, Volume II: US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy Light Fleet Aircraft Carriers in the Korean War and through end of service, 1950-1982

    $32.00
  • Turn into the Wind, Volume I: US Navy and Royal Navy Light Fleet Aircraft Carriers in World War II, and Contributions of the <br>British Pacific Fleet
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    Turn into the Wind, Volume I: US Navy and Royal Navy Light Fleet Aircraft Carriers in World War II, and Contributions of the
    British Pacific Fleet

    $39.50
  • Salvation from the Sky: U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force, Heroic Air-Sea Rescue in the Pacific in <br>World War II
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    Salvation from the Sky: U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force, Heroic Air-Sea Rescue in the Pacific in
    World War II

    $35.00
  • Ready to Haul, Ready to Fight: U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and British Merchant Navy Cargo Ships in the Pacific in World War II
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    Ready to Haul, Ready to Fight: U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and British Merchant Navy Cargo Ships in the Pacific in World War II

    $35.00
  • Support for the Fleet: U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy Service Force Ships That Served in Vietnam, 1965-1973
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    Support for the Fleet: U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy Service Force Ships That Served in Vietnam, 1965-1973

    $32.50
  • MacArthur and Halsey's "Pacific Island Hoppers": The Forgotten Fleet of World War II
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    MacArthur and Halsey’s “Pacific Island Hoppers”: The Forgotten Fleet of World War II

    $33.50
  • Intercept: The U.S. Navy's Intelligence-Gathering Ships ("Cold War Spy Fleet") 1961-1969, 1985-1989
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    Intercept: The U.S. Navy’s Intelligence-Gathering Ships (“Cold War Spy Fleet”) 1961-1969, 1985-1989

    $30.00
  • Stream Gear: U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, South African Naval Forces, and Royal Hellenic Navy Minesweepers’ Dangerous Operations in the Mediterranean in World War II
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    Stream Gear: U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, South African Naval Forces, and Royal Hellenic Navy Minesweepers’ Dangerous Operations in the Mediterranean in World War II

    $37.00
  • Enemy Waters: Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Norwegian Navy, U.S. Navy, and other Allied Mine Forces battling the Germans and Italians in World War II
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    Enemy Waters: Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Norwegian Navy, U.S. Navy, and other Allied Mine Forces battling the Germans and Italians in World War II

    $40.50
  • Kissing Cousins: U.S. Navy Wooden Minesweepers and Variants (YMS, PCS, AGS) and USN and Royal Australian Navy Bomb and Mine Disposal Personnel in the Pacific in World War II, 1944-1945
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    Kissing Cousins: U.S. Navy Wooden Minesweepers and Variants (YMS, PCS, AGS) and USN and Royal Australian Navy Bomb and Mine Disposal Personnel in the Pacific in World War II, 1944-1945

    $41.00
  • Home Waters: Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and U.S. Navy Mine Forces Battling U-Boats in <br>World War I
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    Home Waters: Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and U.S. Navy Mine Forces Battling U-Boats in
    World War I

    $34.99
  • Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The U.S. Navy's Ocean Minesweepers, <br>1953-1994
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    Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The U.S. Navy’s Ocean Minesweepers,
    1953-1994

    $37.50
  • Nightraiders: U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Netherlands Navy Mine Forces Battling the Japanese in the Pacific in World War II
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    Nightraiders: U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Netherlands Navy Mine Forces Battling the Japanese in the Pacific in World War II

    $40.00
  • Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The U.S. Navy's Coastal and Inshore Minesweepers, and the Minecraft that Served in Vietnam, 1953-1976
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    Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The U.S. Navy’s Coastal and Inshore Minesweepers, and the Minecraft that Served in Vietnam, 1953-1976

    $34.00
  • Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The U.S. Navy's Coastal and Motor Minesweepers, 1941-1953
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    Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The U.S. Navy’s Coastal and Motor Minesweepers, 1941-1953

    $32.00
  • We are Sinking, Send Help!: The U.S. Navy's Tugs and Salvage Ships in the African, European, and Mediterranean Theaters in <br>World War II
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    We are Sinking, Send Help!: The U.S. Navy’s Tugs and Salvage Ships in the African, European, and Mediterranean Theaters in
    World War II

    $33.00
  • Guns Up, Depth Charges Readied: U.S. Navy, Commonwealth, and Other Allied Escort Ships Shepherding Convoys, and Battling German and Italian Air and Naval Forces in the Mediterranean in <br>World War II
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    Guns Up, Depth Charges Readied: U.S. Navy, Commonwealth, and Other Allied Escort Ships Shepherding Convoys, and Battling German and Italian Air and Naval Forces in the Mediterranean in
    World War II

    $40.50
  • Ingram's Fourth Fleet: U.S. and Royal Navy Operations Against German Runners, Raiders, and Submarines in the South Atlantic in World War II
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    Ingram’s Fourth Fleet: U.S. and Royal Navy Operations Against German Runners, Raiders, and Submarines in the South Atlantic in World War II

    $34.50
  • On the Gunline: U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy Warships off Vietnam, 1965-1973
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    On the Gunline: U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy Warships off Vietnam, 1965-1973

    $37.50
  • Guns Up: Naval Action in the Yellow Sea off Korea, 1950-1953
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    Guns Up: Naval Action in the Yellow Sea off Korea, 1950-1953

    $32.50
  • War Bound from Stockton: U.S. Navy Ships from California’s Central Valley, In Harm’s Way in Pacific Waters in World War II
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    War Bound from Stockton: U.S. Navy Ships from California’s Central Valley, In Harm’s Way in Pacific Waters in World War II

    $34.00
  • Sanctuary Not Certain: American, British, Australian, and Canadian Hospital Ships in the European – African – Middle Eastern Theater in World War II
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    Sanctuary Not Certain: American, British, Australian, and Canadian Hospital Ships in the European – African – Middle Eastern Theater in World War II

  • Ready to Answer All Bells: A Blueprint for Successful Naval Engineering
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    Ready to Answer All Bells: A Blueprint for Successful Naval Engineering

  • Stand Easy: Creating a Small British Pub, and Considerable Comradeship, in the Corner of a Garage
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    Stand Easy: Creating a Small British Pub, and Considerable Comradeship, in the Corner of a Garage

    $23.50
  • Land Yacht Seaward: Building a Cozy Wooden Camper for a Small Truck
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    Land Yacht Seaward: Building a Cozy Wooden Camper for a Small Truck

    $20.00

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