War in the Boats: My WWII Submarine Battles - Hardcover

Ruhe, Captain William J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028810848 ISBN 13: 9780028810843

Publisher: Brassey's Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Submarine duty in World War II was extraodinarily dangerous - more than 20 percent of US submariners lost their lives. What kind of man faced these odds, day after day, in a cramped, leaky sub hundreds of feet below the sea? Bill Ruhe was one. A 26-year-old ensign, he kept a journal on eight action-filled patrols against the Japanese in the South Pacific. This book describes this unique combat and the courageous individuals who withstood its extreme pressures.

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Review:

"The human side of submarine warfare . . . Exciting reading."

A unique book . . . May easily become a military classic.

Reality and intensity are the chief watchwords of this unique and highly personal memoir.

The human side of submarine warfare . . . Exciting reading.

"Bill Ruhe and I were both caught in the early crucible of World War II, both of us in submarines. Here is how it felt. I endorse every word."

About this edition

• Publisher: Brassey's Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0028810848
• ISBN 13: 9780028810843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356