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  1. Curacao
    a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
    SHORT PLOT / CHAPTER SUMMARY (Synopsis)
    Phillip Enright lives on Curaçao with his mother and father in 1942, at the height of World War II. When
    German U-boats attack the waters surrounding their island, Phillip’s mother insists that she and Phillip return to
    Virginia, where the family came from three years earlier.
  2. U-boat
    a German submarine used during World War I and World War II
    On the passage home, Phillip’s ship is attacked by a U-boat and sinks.
  3. refinery
    an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
    Phillip’s father disagrees but allows his son and wife
    to leave, while he stays behind to work in the refinery.
Created on Wed Apr 07 16:38:18 EDT 2010

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