A passage to Sword Beach

A first-hand account of minesweeping in the Royal Navy during WWII, drawing on the author's diaries and the formal journal he kept as a junior officer to describe everyday life in small and large minesweepers and the preparations for D-Day, as well as the author's hospitalization and leave in wartime Britain. Includes an appendix on ranks and uniforms of the Royal Navy during WWII, and a list of Allied ships mentioned in the book. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.