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Alfred Boiler Stanford (East Orange, New Jersey, March 12, 1900 - February 8, 1985), Commander USNR, was an American naval officer and author; he was Deputy Commander of Mulberry A in the D-day landings. [1] For his military service he received the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and the Croix de Guerre. [2]

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He published his first novel The Ground Swell while attending Amherst College. [2] His college attendance was interrupted by service in the Navy. After graduating, he worked in the advertising industry, published several more works of fiction and non-fiction, and eventually re-entered military service during World War II. [2] He was later the vice president of the New York Herald Tribune and publisher of the Milford Citizen, a newspaper in Milford, Connecticut. [3]

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  1. ↑ Dietrich-Berryman, Eric; Hammond, Charlotte E.; White, Ronald E. (2010-10-15). Passport Not Required: U.S. Volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941. Naval Institute Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN   978-1-61251-385-0.
  2. 1 2 3 "Alfred Stanford; Milford Citizen's retired publisher". The Day. 1985-02-15. p. 45. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  3. ↑ "A memorial service will be held Saturday for Alfred... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  4. ↑ "The Ground Swell". San Francisco Chronicle. 1923-07-15. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  5. ↑ "Story Starts Well; Collapses Near End". The Fresno Bee. 1923-03-10. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  6. ↑ "Alfred Stanford Writes Interesting Adventure Tale". The Tennessean. 1924-08-10. p. 35. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  7. ↑ "A City Out Of Sea; A Powerful Romance Of Love And Hate". The Fresno Bee. 1924-08-23. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  8. ↑ "Power Of Sea Felt In Pages Of Late Book". Salt Lake Telegram. 1924-08-17. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  9. ↑ ""Navigator," the Story of Nathn'l Bowditch, of Salem". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1927-10-01. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  10. ↑ "Romantic Story of the Life of Nat Bowditch". The Boston Globe. 1927-10-01. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  11. ↑ "'The Navigator' Relates Life Story of Nathaniel Bowditch, Who Improved Sea Travel". Star Tribune. 1927-12-25. p. 39. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  12. ↑ Stetson, H. T. (1928). "Review of Navigator. The Story of Nathaniel Bowditch of Salem". The New England Quarterly. 1 (2): 255–257. doi:10.2307/359775. ISSN   0028-4866. JSTOR   359775.
  13. ↑ "A Romance of the Yankee Clipper Fleet". The Pasadena Post. 1929-09-28. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  14. ↑ "Adventure on Cape Cod". The News Journal. 1930-06-07. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  15. ↑ "Flag in the Wind". Clarion-Ledger. 1930-06-01. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  16. ↑ "The Daily Book Review: Men, Fish and Boats, by Alfred Stanford". The Dayton Herald. 1934-06-01. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  17. ↑ "Thrills of Sailing". Hartford Courant. 1943-03-28. p. 77. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  18. ↑ "'Force Mulberry' Is One Of Finest War Books–Dramatic And Inspiring". Denton Record-Chronicle. 1951-11-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  19. ↑ Greene, Joseph I. (1952-01-06). "Harbors on the Beach; FORCE MULBERRY. By Commander Alfred Stanford, U. S. N. R. Introduction by Samuel E. Morison. Illustrated with photographs. 240 pp. New York: William Morrow & Co. $3.50". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  20. ↑ Colby, Elbridge (1953). "Review of Force Mulberry". Military Affairs. 17 (3): 145. doi:10.2307/1982676. ISSN   0026-3931. JSTOR   1982676.
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