Alfred Stanford

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]

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]

• The Ground Swell (Appleton, 1923)^[4][5]
• A City Out of the Sea (Appleton, 1924)^[6][7][8]
• Navigator: The Story of Nathaniel Bowditch of Salem (William Morrow, 1928)^{[9][10][11][12]}
• Invitation to Danger (William Morrow, 1929)^[13]
• Flag in the Wind (William Morrow, 1930)^[14][15]
• Men, Fish & Boats (William Morrow, 1934)^[16]
• Pleasures of Sailing (Simon & Schuster, 1943)^[17]
• Force Mulberry: The Planning and Installation of the Artificial Harbor off U. S. Normandy Beaches in World War II (William Morrow, 1951)^[18][19][20]
• Boatman's Handbook: Ninety-six Jobs You Can Do on Your Own Boat (Motorboat Publications, 1957)
• Far Horizons: Adventures in Cruising by Members of the Cruising Club of America, edited by Alfred Stanford, David L. Bacon, and Charles H. Vilas (Cruising Club of America, 1971)

• Amherst College biographical record, 1963