The Bravest Man: Richard O'Kane and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang - Softcover

Tuhoy, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089141889X ISBN 13: 9780891418894

Publisher: Presidio Press, 2012

Synopsis

Hailed as the ace of aces, captain Richard O'Kane, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his consummate skill and heroism as a submarine skipper, sank more enemy ships and saved more downed fliers than anyone else. Now Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Tuohy captures all the danger, the terror, and the pulse-pounding action of undersea combat as he chronicles O'Kane's wartime career - from his valiant service as executive officer under Wahoo skipper Dudley ""Mush"" Morton to his electrifying patrols as commander of the USS Tang and his incredible escape, with eight other survivors, after Tang was sunk by its own defective torpedo. Above all, The Bravest Man is the dramatic story of mavericks who broke the rules and set the pace to become a new breed of hunter/killer submariners who waged a unique brand of warfare. These undersea warriors would blaze their own path to victory-and transform the ""Silent Service"" into the deadliest fighting force in the Pacific.

About this title

About the Author:

Bill Tuohy served with the US Navy in the Pacific in 1944-46. Then, as a journalist with the Los Angeles Times, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting of the Vietnam War in 1968. Tuohy reported on the conflicts in the Middle East, Central America, Northern Ireland and the Gulf War, as well as the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the Berlin Wall in 1989. He is the author of Dangerous Company, a war correspondent's memoir (NY, William Morrow, 1987). Bill Tuohy is now retired and lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Presidio Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 089141889X
• ISBN 13: 9780891418894
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 448