Escape from the Deep : A True Story of Courage and Survival During World War II
by
Alex Kershaw
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
030681790X
ISBN-13
9780306817908
Publisher
Hachette Books
Imprint
Da Capo Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 14th, 2009
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
466 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.40 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Asian historyHistory of the AmericasSecond World WarMilitary & naval ships
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A story of nine men who fought the Japanese from America's deadliest submarine, survived its sinking and endured months of brutal torture in captivity. It tells how while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges, just nine of the original eighty-man crew of the US Navy submarine Tang survived a harrowing ascent through the escape hatch.
"Their submarine was dead, one hundred and eighty feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Somehow they survived. They were tortured and beaten. Somehow they survived. Alex Kershaw has done it again as he brings to life World War II's greatest submarine survival adventure." --James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys
In the early morning hours of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface, while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges. As the air ran out, some of the crew made a daring ascent through the escape hatch. In the end, just nine of the original eighty-man crew survived.
In the early morning hours of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface, while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges. As the air ran out, some of the crew made a daring ascent through the escape hatch. In the end, just nine of the original eighty-man crew survived.
But the survivors were beginning a far greater ordeal. After being picked up by the Japanese, they were sent to an interrogation camp known as the “Torture Farm.” When they were liberated in 1945, they were close to death, but they had revealed nothing to the Japanese, including the greatest secret of World War II.
With the same heart-pounding narrative drive that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw brings to life this incredible story of survival and endurance.
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