• PT 105

  • By: Dick Keresey
  • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
  • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (453 ratings)

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PT 105

By: Dick Keresey
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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Publisher's summary

Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast - the fastest craft on the water during World War II - and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort. As captain of PT 105, the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's PT 109 was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats that draws on the author's experience at Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Choiseul Island. Action-filled, his account describes evading night bombers, rescuing coast watchers and downed airmen, setting down Marine scouts behind Japanese lines, engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters, and contending with heat, disease, and loneliness. First published in 1996, the book has been hailed for telling an exciting yet fully accurate story.

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Great Audible narration of an interesting story

I enjoyed the book and the Audible narration was great. It was less about the action they encountered and more about the life of PT boat captain, Dick Keresey, during the war (which is still amazing). It does seem to reflect the reality of the PT boat life versus the glamorous one that is often depicted., but I liked that dose of reality.

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A great first hand account of PT boat action

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Exciting Naval story

What did you like best about this story?

The author had a great experience with the PT boat's story from the beginning, and then was stationed throughout the war in key campaigns.

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Hard to say , from the trials and tribulations of training, to the battle accounts, they are all very good and the book flows almost as effortlessly and with as much excitement, as the its namesake boat in the title.

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The author generated empathy in me as he told of a number of quite humorous incidents and with honesty and candor in the light it showed him.in and how the loss of friends affected him

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The narration was one of the best I have ever heard in an Audio book You will think you're listening to the author extemporaneously spinning tales of his time in the war.

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Phenomenal

Dick Kersey is an excellent author who gives great insight into a life of constant stress on the front lines. excellent narration makes this for a perfect audiobook.

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A Great War story!!

This guy was a leader! A Great WWII story of a guy who just happened to work with JFK skipper of PT109

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PT 105 👍👍👍

Great story and great narration one of my all time favorite audio books
of ww2

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A great book

This was a part of WWII that I didn't know much about. I found the book to be well worth the time.

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Great Book About Serving On A PT Boat

I’ve always been fascinated by PT boats in WW2. Something about their small size makes them and the men who sailed on them more personal than the bigger ships. Lt. Keresey gives an excellent description of what it was like to be a PT skipper. It’s not glamorous but they served an important purpose during the war.

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Like being told the story by the author...

Great story. GREAT narration. Over too soon. Both author and narrator are natural story tellers. Amazing stuff.

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Firsthand account, moving, real, raw

Really enjoyed this book. Keresey was not a historian. He was a man who found himself in life and death situations. His account is honest and told from a human point of view. His rescue of enemy sailors is especially moving. May Dick Keresey rest in peace.

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Well worth listening to.

Well written, well narrated,good story and captivating a sure enjoying narrative of the war and the participants

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