The depths of courage : American submariners at war with Japan, 1941-1945
In the early days of World War II, when U.S. and other Allied forces were taking a pounding in the Pacific and defeat seemed inevitable, only the tiny American submarine fleet prevented total disaster. Beset initially by obsolescent subs and torpedoes that didn't work, it was the sheer courage of the men in the "silent service" that held the line and bought time for the U.S. to gear up and eventually defeat the Japanese foe. In The Depths of Courage, Flint Whitlock and ex-submariner Ron Smith (five war patrols on the U.S.S. Seal) take a detailed look at the Pacific War from the point of view of the submariners. In this epic saga, you'll go through training with the young sailors, sail with them on heart-pounding war patrols, undergo fearsome depth-charge attacks, and exult when enemy ships are torpedoed. You'll also be along when the U.S.S. Tang is sunk by one of its own malfunctioning torpedoes and the handful of surviving members of the crew are rescued by the enemy, only to be subjected to months of imprisonment and cruel treatment at the hands of their Japanese captors. - Author web site
Print Book, English, 2007
1st ed
Berkley Caliber, New York, 2007