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Books

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Rousemaniere, John. After The Storm. McGraw - Hill, 2002.

Whitley, George. Northern Seas, Hardy Sailors. New York: Norton,1982.

Newspapers

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“60th anniversary of Naval Disaster,” The Southern Gazette, Vol. 27, No. 38, February 26, 2002.

Banfield, Madeline, “Shipwreck at Chamber's Cove, February 1942,” The Southern Gazette, Vol. 23, No. 37, February 16, 1999, p. 5.

“Being built by U.S., Memorial to Wartime Loss,” The Evening Telegram, June 25, 1952.

Brown, Cassie, “Shipwreck - and Rescue,” The Globe and Mail, Saturday, October 20th, 1979, The Features Page.

Chan, Cindy, “Newfoundland Mayor Makes 'Pilgrimage of Honour' to U.S. Military Memorial Service,” Epoch Times, October 4, 2007.

Daise, Ronald, “Local man is featured in new book,” Beaufort Gazette, November 9, 1979 (Lifestyles section) [William Grindley - interview].

“Disaster of the U.S.S. Truxton and Pollux St. Lawrence, Feb. 18/42,” The Senior Citizen, February 1980, p. 24.

Dooley, Danette, “New USS Truxtun to be christened,” The Telegram, May 28, 2007, p. 3.

Dooley, Danette, “A Family's Pilgrimage,” The Telegram, September 21, 2006, p. B1.

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Dooley, Danette, “A tribute to color blindness,” The Telegram, April 5th, 2006, p. B1.

Drake, Tanya, “Newest U.S. vessel in Truxtun class christened,” The Southern Gazette, June 12, 2007.

“Eight Men of Lawn Rescue Crew of Pollux,” The Evening Telegram, February 28, 1942, P. 7.

Farrell, Cynthia, “66 years later son of USS Pollux survivor returns to celebrate mass,” The Southern Gazette, September 23, 2008, p. 8.

Farrell, Cynthia, “Family members visit to recall death of Truxtun sailor,” The Southern Gazette, Vol. 34, #13, August 12, 2008, p. 5.

Farrell, Cynthia, “Emotional visit for Lanier Phillips and family,” The Southern Gazette, June 10 2008.

Farrell, Cynthia, “Tragedy and heroics remembered in annual ceremony,” The Southern Gazette, Vol. 31, No. 42, February 28, 2006, p. 5.

Farrell, Cynthia, “63rd anniversary memorial service in St. Lawrence,” The Southern Gazette, March 1, 2005, p. 5.

Farrell Edwards, Ena, “Disaster on our Doorstep,” The Telegram, February 18, 1999, p. 11.

Farrell Edwards, Ena “U.S. Naval disaster of 1942 remembered,” The Southern Gazette, Vol. 23, No. 37, February 16, 1999, p. 5.

Farrell Edwards, Ena, “Feb. 18, 1942: Reunion this July will relive 'long day into night,' “ The Evening Telegram, Monday, February 29, 1988, p. 12.

Gushue, John, “Rare Courage,” Telegram, February 13, 2000, p. 3.

Harrington, Michael, “Air crashes, lost vessels, and wartime coincidences,” The Evening Telegram, Monday, February 24, 1992.

“Heroism Marks Rescue in Marine Disaster,” The Evening Telegram, February 28, 1942, P. 7.

Herridge, Paul, “Family visiting site of 1942 Truxtun navy wreck where brother, uncle killed,” The Southern Gazette, July 28, 2010.

Herridge, Paul, “Delving into disaster Online exhibit devoted to famous shipwreck story, “ The Telegram, February 27, 2010, p. A7.

Herridge, Paul, “American navy disaster online exhibit to debut in June,” The Southern Gazette, 23 February, 2010.

Herridge, Paul, “St. Lawrence resident recalls 'Truxtun' tragedy and rescue,” The Southern Gazette, February 17, 2009.

Herridge, Paul, “Connecting the dots Truxtun victim's daughter planning trip to St. Lawrence,” The Southern Gazette, Vol. 34, #8, July 8, 2008, p.5.

Herridge, Paul, “'Truxtun', 'Pollux' victims and survivors honoured in US,” The Southern Gazette, Vol. 33, #22, October 10, 2007, p. 8.

“Just as it happened - A rescuer's account of the night the Wilkes, Truxton and Pollux went down,” The Evening Telegram, Saturday, July 5, 1997, p. 1A.

Macvicar, George, “Daughter visits scene of her father's dramatic rescue, “ The Southern Gazette, 7 July, 2009.

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Matthews, Beverly, “Language comes alive!, The Southern Gazette, June 23, 2009.

Morgan, Ivan, “Racism Lessons from the Truxtun,” The Independent, June 15, 2007, p.7.

“Roosevelt send thanks to people of St. Lawrence,” Daily News, February 26, 1942, P. 3.

Rose, Carl, “The Work on the Truxtun - Pollux film continues,” The Southern Gazette, June 25, 2002, p. 15.

Rossiter, Tom, “Red Island Mystery,” The Telegram, March 2, 2006.

St.-Jean, Stephanie, “Commemorating the importance of 1942,” The Southern Gazette, Vol. 28, #40, February 25, 2003, p. 12.

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Warren, James R., “Fifty Years Ago This Month -- Civilians Head For War, Too; Work Booms In The Factories,” The Seattle Times, March 1, 1992.

Magazines

Boland, Connie, “Real to Reel Adventure A tale of heroism from the Burin Peninsula heads to Hollywood,” Downhomer, Volume 15, # 5, October 2002, p. 71.

Harrington, Michael, “Heroism in a Newfoundland Gale,” The Atlantic Advocate, April 1977, p. 28.

Hays, Rossanna, “A Side Trip Surprise in Newfoundland,” Holiday Ramblings, January-February, 2009, p. 16-20.

“New Truxtun vessel brings back Memories,” Downhome, Vol. 20., No. 3, p. 2009.

Pardy Ghent, Pam, “St. Lawrence and the Sea A naval architect relives part of her heritage with the launch of the new USS Truxtun,” Downhome, Vol. 20, No. 4, September 2007.

Strauss, Henry, “Aground! Twenty-four hours of peril on the icy coast of Newfoundland,” Oceans, December 1988, pp. 22-65.

Westcott, Craig, “A better place - director hopes to film true story of helplessness, hope,” The Newfoundland Herald, Vol. 57, No. 9, March 3, 2002, p. 20.

Winchester, James H., “Hospital born of Heroism,” Coronet, August 1951, pp. 83-86.

Poems, Songs, Radio, etc.

Bennett, Paul, “On Newfoundland Rocks,” AGNI, Vol. 34, pp. 109-115, 1991.

Brooks, Chris, “The Survivor,” http://www.batteryradio.com/Pages/Survivor.html

Audio

Burry, Arnold, "It's the Color of My Skin," 2010 - Performed by Kevin Burry

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