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Uss Powderkeg
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Author : Max Allan Collins
language : en
Publisher: Cutting Edge Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-22
Uss Powderkeg written by Max Allan Collins and has been published by Cutting Edge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-22 with Fiction categories.
World War II is raging. Newly promoted Lt. Peter Maxwell is assigned to a munitions ship with a crew of mostly inexperienced African-American sailors commanded by a racist Captain. The ship is a floating powderkeg that could ignite at any instant as the embattled crew faces typhoons, kamikaze pilots, mutiny and murder. It's an incredible adventure, inspired by true events, from the boundless imagination of Max Allan Collins, the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster who gave us the Road to Perdition saga. This is a revised edition of book previously published as "Red Sky in Morning" under the pseudonym "Patrick Culhane."
Pacific Powderkeg
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Author : Peter Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Free Press
Release Date : 1991
Pacific Powderkeg written by Peter Hayes and has been published by Free Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
From the initial decision to introduce nuclear weapons into the Korean conflict to the present, Hayes explores the lethal status quo that is the legacy of four decades of US nuclear strategy in Korea and examines the strategic choices now facing US policymakers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Pacific Powderkeg American Nuclear Dilemmas In Korea
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Author : Peter John Hayes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Pacific Powderkeg American Nuclear Dilemmas In Korea written by Peter John Hayes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Korea (South) categories.
The Capture Of The Uss Pueblo
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Author : James Duermeyer
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-12-20
The Capture Of The Uss Pueblo written by James Duermeyer and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-20 with History categories.
For President Lyndon Johnson, 1968 was a year of calamity, including the hijacking of the USS Pueblo in international waters off North Korea. After a fierce attack by the North Korean Navy, the lightly armed spy ship was captured and its 83 crewmen taken hostage, imprisoned and tortured for nearly a year before being released. How and why did the Navy, the National Security Agency and the Johnson administration place the Pueblo in such an untenable situation? What drove Kim Il-sung, North Korea's autocrat, to gamble on hijacking a ship belonging to the world's most powerful nation? Drawing on extensive research, including summaries of White House meetings and conversations, the author answers these questions and reviews the events and flawed decisions that led to Pueblo's capture.
The Uss Ward
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Author : Richard P. Klobuchar
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-05-20
The Uss Ward written by Richard P. Klobuchar and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-20 with History categories.
In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly. This effort included reconditioning and recommissioning "four stackers" from the navy's reserve fleet. Built in 1918 to fight German submarines, the USS Ward earned at Pearl Harbor the distinction of firing the first shot in America's war against Japan. In the three years that followed, it was bombed, shelled, strafed, and finally sunk (on December 7, 1944), yet none of her crew of 125 men ever lost a life in combat. Information is drawn from naval records as well as from interviews with surviving crewmen. Appendices provide Ward technical data, a chronology of major events, listings of citations earned in World War II and of amphibious landings, and a roster of personnel.
Pacific Powderkeg American Nuclear Dilemmas In Korea
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Author : Peter Hayes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Pacific Powderkeg American Nuclear Dilemmas In Korea written by Peter Hayes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
The Uss Puffer In World War Ii
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Author : Craig R. McDonald
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-03-19
The Uss Puffer In World War Ii written by Craig R. McDonald and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-19 with History categories.
Submarines were responsible for about 55 percent of the tonnage of the Japanese fleets sunk during World War II. The 22 percent casualty rate of U.S. submariners was the highest of the military services. This volume traces the career of the submarine the USS Puffer from the laying of her keel and her commissioning on April 27, 1943, until her departure for the scrap yard in late 1960. Compiled from interviews with former crew members, including the author's father, Donald B. McDonald, as well as other contemporary sources, it follows the crew of the Puffer through nine war patrols. Events recollected include the First War Patrol, which resulted in a record-setting 38 hour submergence because of enemy fire; the dangerous transfer of torpedoes while surfaced in enemy waters; and the wild bombardment of Japanese shore installations with the 5-inch deck gun. There are numerous wartime photographs and appendices providing a list of awards earned by the crew and a summary of claimed successful attacks. Brief biographies of the seven commissioned officers are also included.
The New Yorker
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Author : Harold Wallace Ross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
The New Yorker written by Harold Wallace Ross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Literature categories.
The Uss Ward
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Author : Richard P. Klobuchar
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-02-21
The Uss Ward written by Richard P. Klobuchar and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-21 with History categories.
In 1940, the threat of war in the Pacific forced the United States to expand its fleet quickly. This effort included reconditioning and recommissioning "four stackers" from the navy's reserve fleet. Built in 1918 to fight German submarines, the USS Ward earned at Pearl Harbor the distinction of firing the first shot in America's war against Japan. In the three years that followed, it was bombed, shelled, strafed, and finally sunk (on December 7, 1944), yet none of her crew of 125 men ever lost a life in combat. Information is drawn from naval records as well as from interviews with surviving crewmen. Appendices provide Ward technical data, a chronology of major events, listings of citations earned in World War II and of amphibious landings, and a roster of personnel.
The Uss Flier
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Author : Michael Sturma
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2008-02-15
The Uss Flier written by Michael Sturma and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-15 with History categories.
The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its crew of eighty-six hands alive. After enduring eighteen hours in the water, eight remaining survivors swam to a remote island controlled by the Japanese. Deep behind enemy lines and without food or drinking water, the crewmen realized that their struggle for survival had just begun. On its first war patrol, the unlucky Flier made it from Pearl Harbor to Midway where it ran aground on a reef. After extensive repairs and a formal military inquiry, the Flier set out once again, this time completing a distinguished patrol from Pearl Harbor to Fremantle, Western Australia. Though the Flier's next mission would be its final one, that mission is important for several reasons: the story of the Flier's sinking illuminates the nature of World War II underwater warfare and naval protocol and demonstrates the high degree of cooperation that existed among submariners, coast watchers, and guerrillas in the Philippines. The eight sailors who survived the disaster became the first Americans of the Pacific war to escape from a sunken submarine and return safely to the United States. Their story of persistence and survival has all the elements of a classic World War II tale: sudden disaster, physical deprivation, a ruthless enemy, and a dramatic escape from behind enemy lines. In The USS Flier: Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine, noted historian Michael Sturma vividly recounts a harrowing story of brave men who lived to return to the service of their country.