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The Depths of
Courage:
U.S. Submariners at War with Japan, 1941-1945
by Flint Whitlock and Ron Smith
Foreword by Vice Admiral Albert Konetzni (Ret.), former ComSubPac
Publication Date: November 6, 2007
Berkley/Caliber Press
($25.95)
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.
The
Depths of Courage also brings you the bigger
picture—the bloody island-hopping campaign by soldiers
and Marines against a tenacious enemy who did not know the
meaning of the word “surrender;” the fearsome
slugging matches between surface ships; and the massive aerial
battles that eventually enabled the Americans to gain supremacy
of the skies and seas.
From
beginning to end, this is a book that will inspire you with
heroic tales of the war beneath the sea and the thin line
of courageous men who sacrificed themselves to ensure victory.
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Flint
is also currently working on several other book, magazine,
and film projects. Be sure to check back periodically for
updates.
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