ENSIGN PRESS
PO BOX 638
CAMDEN, ME 04843
Phone: 207-236-3624 Fax: 207-236-6081
ENSIGN PRESS
PO BOX 638
CAMDEN, ME 04843
Phone: 207-236-3624 Fax: 207-236-6081
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Charles Dana Gibson is the author of eight books dealing with various aspects of maritime history. He also played an instrumental part in the 1988 awarding of merchant marine veterans status under PL 95-202. Gibson's bio follows.
On May 7, 2008, at the invitation of Senator Daniel Akaka, Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Gibson provided oral and written testimony concerning Senate Bill S-961, titled "A Belated Thank You." That bill asked for special entitlements for merchant seamen who served during World War II. After the "Belated Thank You" bill failed to gain passage in 2008 it was reintroduced in 2009 as S-663. Soon after that reintroduction of the bill, Gibson wrote an essay which addressed exaggerated claims being put forth by proponents of the Belated Thank You legislation, particularly those claims concerning the numbers of merchant marine casualties. That essay can be accessed at www. ensignpress.com/maritimehistory Gibson 's written testimony concerning S-961, a "Belated Thank You," submitted at the May 7, 2008 Hearing held by Senator Akaka's Committee on Veterans Affairs can be viewed at www.ensignpress.com/merchantmarine4 The process which culminated in the 1988 awarding of veterans' status under PL 95-202 to merchant seaman and to civilian seamen who served with the Army Transport Service is outlined in the essay found at www.ensignpress.com/merchantmarine1 Were World War II merchant seamen paid if they lost their ship? That question is discussed at www.ensignpress.com/merchantmarine2 Merchant marine battle deaths and merchant marine personnel losses, including a letter from H. E. Cabaud, Adjuster for War Risk Insurance are discussed at ensignpress.com/merchantmarine3 |
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Born October 23, 1928, New York City, NY. Presently resides in Camden, Maine 04843 Applicant author of the Contested Waters (revised) group. The arguments were instrumental in the successful reconsideration for veterans' status under PL 95-202 by the DOD Civilian/Military Service Review Board of the American Merchant Marine in Oceangoing Service During the Period of Armed Conflict, December 1941, to August 15, 1945. Approved 1988. Author of two successful group applications approved for veterans' status under PL 95-202 by the Department of Defense Civilian/Military Service Review Board. Application titles: "Civil Service Crewmembers Who Served Satisfactorily Aboard U.S. Army Transports in Ocean Service or in Foreign Waters, December 7, 1941 to August 15, 1945." Approved 1988. "Civilian Crewmen of U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Vessels Who Performed Their Service in Areas of Immediate Military Hazard While Conducting Operations with and for the U.S. Armed Forces, December 7, 1941 to August 15, 1945." Approved 1991
The Ordeal of Convoy NY 119 (Army small craft operations, 1944). First edition, 1973: USNI Proceedings 1973 "Notable Naval Book"; Second edition (1992). (out of print) Boca Grande, A Series of Historical Essays. History of early settlements in western Florida. (1982) (out of print) Merchantman? Or Ship of War. Synopsis of Laws; U.S. State Department Positions; and Practices Which Alter the Peaceful Character of U.S. Merchant Vessels in Time of War. (1986) (out of print) Marine Transportation in War: The U.S. Army Experience, 1775 - 1860. (1992; out of print) * Assault and Logistics: Union Army Coastal and River Operations, 1861 - 1866. (1995) * Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels, Steam and Sail, Employed by the Union Army. (1995) (out of print) The Broadbill Swordfishery of the Northwestern Atlantic: An Economic and Natural History. (1998) ‡ Over Seas: U.S. Army Maritime Operations, 1898 Through the [1942] Fall of the Philippines. (2002)
Author of articles, reviews, and monographs which have appeared in American Neptune; Northern Mariner; Periodical (CAMP); Naval History (USNI); Proceedings (USNI); Sea History. Consultant to federal Battle Monument Commission for addition of Merchant Marine and Army Transport Service inscription to the Battle of the Atlantic Memorial, New York City. Consultant to producers of documentary film, The Men Who Sailed the Liberty Ships. Chairman, Artists’ Advisory Committee of the American Merchant Mariners Memorial (sited at Battery Park, New York City).
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Over Seas U.S. Army Maritime Operations 1898 Through the Fall of the Philippines 496 pages; 31 Ship Lists, most annotated; 20 Appendices 31 Photographs. 11 Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Ship Index. General Subject Index. Hardcover, library binding. Dust Jacket Typeset in comfortable, 12-point Times New Roman 2002 ISBN 0-9608996-6-9 $49.95 |
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Dictionary of Transports and Combatant Vessels, Steam and Sail Employed by the Union Army, 1861 - 1868 Histories of 4000 vessels 416 pages 24 photos and illustrations Appendix hardcover; library binding; dust jacket OUT OF PRINT |
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Assault and Logistics: Union Army Coastal and River Operations, 1861 - 1866 680 pages 35 photos and illustrations; 16 maps. Operational ship lists. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. General index. Vessel index. Hardcover, library binding; dustjacket. 1995 ISBN: 0-9608996-3-4 $45.00. |
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The Ordeal of Convoy N.Y. 119 212 pages 51 photographs and illustrations Index - Bibliography Dust jacket painting by Carl Evers 1973 ISBN: 0-9608996-5-0 $28.00 |
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The Broadbill Swordfishery of the Northwest Atlantic An Economic and Natural History Cover Painting by Richard Ellis Sewn binding; laminated paper Index; Bibliography 1998 ISBN: 0-9608996-7-7 $19.95 |
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MERCHANTMAN? OR SHIP OF WAR
Hardcover; 213 pages; informatively footnoted; numerous appendices; extensive bibliography and index; photographs. OUT OF PRINT |
