Submarine Books – Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
yadmin | Aug 30, 2013 | Comments 0
| Medal of Honor holder Fluckey relates the story of his wartime command, U.S. submarine Barb. The USS Barb was the Navy’s most successful submarine in WW II. Operating mainly in the South China Sea, the Formosa Strait and the forever mysterious Sea of Okhotsk, the Barb sank at least 29 Japanese ships and climaxed its final patrol with an audacious commando raid on land during which the crew destroyed a 16-car train. This was the sole U.S. military landing on Japanese soil during the war. Drawing on ship’s logs, letters, interviews, diaries and his own memory, Fluckey, a retired rear admiral, reconstructs every attack by and against the sub from its eighth through its 12th and last patrol. Highly recommended for World War II collections. Military Bk. Club main selection. |
 
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