Submarine!

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-59114-058-0
Verlag: Naval Institute Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

This compelling personal account of the war beneath the sea firmly established Edward L. Beach's reputation as a writer in the early 1950s. Given the survival rate of those in the silent service, it is a story many submariners did not live to tell. In fact, most of the crew of Beach's boat, the <em>USS Trigger</em>, were lost soon after he left for another assignment. A veteran of twelve war patrols, Beach's luck held out, and he authentically recaptures the moments of elation, desperation, and numbing fear that were part of the daily lives of these warriors as they hunted down the enemy in the Pacific. <br><br>Beach's readers share in the destruction of five destroyers in four days and join in the deadliest game of all - stalking other submarines. They also come to understand the terror and uncertainty of being at the other end of the pursuit, silently sweating out depth-charge poundings in a leaking boat. For an authentic account of what went on under the waves, this book remains one of the very best.

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<strong>Edward Latimer Beach</strong>, Jr. (1918 –2002) was a highly-decorated United States Navy submarine officer and best-selling author. During World War II, he participated in the Battle of Midway and 12 combat patrols, earning 10 decorations for gallantry, including the Navy Cross. After the war, he served as the naval aide to the President of the United States and commanded the first submerged circumnavigation. Beach's best-selling novel, <em>Run Silent, Run Deep</em>, was made into the 1958 movie by the same name.