Eight Survived : The Harrowing Story of the USS Flier and the Only Downed World War II Submariners to Survive and Evade Capture by Douglas A. Campbell (2018, Trade Paperback)

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All but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went down with the vessel. The story of the Flier and its eight survivors is wholly unique in the annals of U.S. military history. Eight Survived by Douglas A. Campbell.

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PublisherGlobe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-101493032852
ISBN-139781493032853
eBay Product ID (ePID)248413988

Product Key Features

Book TitleEight Survived : The Harrowing Story of the USS Flier and the Only Downed World War II Submariners to Survive and Evade Capture
Number of Pages296 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / United States, General, Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, History
AuthorDouglas A. Campbell
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight0.9 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-026655
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"[A] highly emotional account of the brief life of the USS Flier . . . heartbreaking detail . . . [T]here is more to Campbell's story than the ordeal of these eight men. . . . Campbell puts the rescue into a larger context. We get mostly untold stories of Muslim resistance fighters and American missionaries living in the Philippines, and one surprising account of an American soldier of Philippine descent. . . . Campbell also shows us the peculiar dangers of Pacific submarine warfare." --Bill Kent, Philadelphia Inquirer, [A] highly emotional account of the brief life of the USS Flier . . . heartbreaking detail . . . [T]here is more to Campbells story than the ordeal of these eight men. . . . Campbell puts the rescue into a larger context. We get mostly untold stories of Muslim resistance fighters and American missionaries living in the Philippines, and one surprising account of an American soldier of Philippine descent. . . . Campbell also shows us the peculiar dangers of Pacific submarine warfare." --Bill Kent, Philadelphia Inquirer
Dewey Decimal940.54510973
SynopsisThe incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and evade enemy capture in WWII On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines as it steamed along the surface. All but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went down with the vessel. Of those left floating in the dark, eight survived by swimming for seventeen hours before washing ashore on an uninhabited island. The story of the Flier and its eight survivors is wholly unique in the annals of U.S. military history. Eight Survived tells the gripping story of the doomed submarine and its crew from its first patrol, during which it sank several enemy ships, to the explosion in the Sulu Sea. Drawing on interviews with the survivors and on a visit to the jungle where they washed ashore--where a cast of fascinating characters helped the U.S. sailors evade the Japanese--Douglas Campbell fully captures the combination of extraordinary courage and luck that marked one of the most heroic episodes of World War II., The incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and evade enemy capture in World War II. On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines as it steamed along the surface. All but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went down with the vessel. Of those left floating in the dark, eight survived by swimming for seventeen hours before washing ashore on an uninhabited island. Eight Survived tells the gripping story of the doomed submarine and its crew from its first patrol, during which it sank several enemy ships, to the explosion in the Sulu Sea. Its story and that of its eight survivors is wholly unique in the annals of U.S. military history., The incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and evade enemy capture in WWII On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines as it steamed along the surface. All but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went ......
LC Classification NumberD783.5

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