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Heroes Beneath the Waves
- True Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century
- Narrado por: Paul Christy
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The unbelievable stories of the heroic men who sailed under the sea.
In Heroes Beneath the Waves, many brave men who rode submarines to great depths and across the oceans into unknown territory share their experiences, fears, and thoughts. They allow us to travel back in time through their memories. Trained for years to keep silent - for "loose lips sink ships" - many still believe what they know to be classified and refuse to disclose even the minutest of recollections. Others, however, want to leave a legacy of reminiscences for people to learn and live by - to know that freedom is not free.
Some stories will never be told. Held within the secret confines of their souls, these deep-sea veterans block them out for self-preservation. Yet there are others who will never escape their own minds; they relive their underwater experiences over and over with eyes open or shut.
Heroes Beneath the Waves is about teenage boys who left farms, small towns, and inner cities to defend the United States and democracy worldwide. Signing up for United States Navy submarine duty was an adventure of a lifetime during the early 1940s. Dreams of torpedoing Japanese and German ships and subs consumed their thoughts. Those who returned home as young men were older and wiser. Heroes Beneath the Waves was written to honor these men - gallant heroes - who served and are serving today on submarines.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Tuohy follows Richard O'Kane, America's undersea ace of aces, and a few fearless submariners, during the U.S. submarine war in the Pacific. This grueling battle saw 10 million tons of Japanese shipping sunk by U.S. submarines, but the cost to the U.S. Navy was one in five of its boats, the highest casualty rate of the U.S. armed services.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great details of WWII Submarine Patrols
- De James B. Cookinham en 02-13-05
De: William Tuohy
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The Silent Service in World War II
- The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It
- De: Edward Monroe-Jones, Michael Green
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins, Jo Anna Perrin
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the US Navy had a total of 111 submarines. It was mostly a collection of aging boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with Japan ever increasing, help from what would become known as the Silent Service in the Pacific was on the way: there were 73 of the new fleet submarines under construction. The Silent Service in World War II tells the story of America's intrepid underwater warriors in the words of the men who lived the war in the Pacific against Japan.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Chris en 09-17-18
De: Edward Monroe-Jones, y otros
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Submarine Commander
- A Story of World War II and Korea
- De: Paul R. Schratz
- Narrado por: John N. Gully
- Duración: 15 h y 24 m
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A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations. Frank and beautifully written, this book will be of lasting value as a submarine history by an expert and as an enduring military and political analysis.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing Memoir
- De Jean en 12-24-15
De: Paul R. Schratz
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At All Costs
- De: Sam Moses
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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In 1942, the island of Malta was the most heavily bombed place on earth. Its submarine and air attacks on Axis supply convoys were all that kept Rommel from marching across North Africa. But Malta was out of fuel. Operation Pedestal was Malta's last hope, a giant convoy with more that 50 warships escorting 13 freighters and one life-or-death oil tanker, the SS Ohio. It was bombed, torpedoed, and abandoned, but two American Merchant Mariners boarded the ship and repaired the guns.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A spellbinding story
- De James F. Geary en 04-08-07
De: Sam Moses
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The War Below
- The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan
- De: James Scott
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,518
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The War Below is a dramatic account of extraordinary heroism, ingenuity, and perseverance—and the vital role American submarines played in winning the Pacific War. Focusing on the unique stories of the submarines Silversides, Drum, and Tang—and the men who skippered and crewed them—James Scott takes readers beneath the waves to experience the thrill of a direct hit on a merchant ship and the terror of depth charge attacks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Unique. Engaging. Worth your credit.
- De Ryan en 06-21-13
De: James Scott
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Torpedo Run
- The Story of WWII Submarine Hero Eugene B. Fluckey
- De: Don Keith
- Narrado por: Vincent Caruso
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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Over the course of five combat patrols during the Pacific War, Commander Fluckey reinvented submarine warfare, pioneering audacious strategies to hunt and sink Japanese warships and merchant vessels. At the helm of the USS Barb, he directed his boat to attack warship convoys - never mind the lop-sided odds - and to slip into heavily defended enemy harbors to launch torpedoes at unsuspecting targets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Submarine Duty
- De Jim Bowien en 04-15-24
De: Don Keith
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Hellcats
- The Epic Story of World War II's Most Daring Submarine Raid
- De: Peter Sasgen
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 99
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The incredible true story of nine Hellcat submarines assigned to penetrate the dense minefields protecting the sea of Japan. In 1945-with no knowledge of the development of the atomic bomb- American submarine commanders, desperate to avoid an invasion of the home islands, believed that if the Japanese merchant fleet was sunk, the enemy would be forced to surrender.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great telling of technology advancements in Ww2
- De Brian en 05-20-18
De: Peter Sasgen
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Gallant Lady
- A Biography of the USS Archerfish
- De: Don Keith, Ken Henry
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 14 h y 32 m
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The Archerfish, a diesel powered Balao-class submarine crafted in the 1940s, won a unique, heroic place in military history and the memories of her crew members. Here is her story: from her assembly in New England and her dedication by Eleanor Roosevelt's personal secretary, to her service in World War II, where she broke the back of the Japanese Navy, and her critical role in the Cold War.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bilgewater
- De Richard en 04-01-06
De: Don Keith, y otros
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Grey Wolves
- The U-Boat War 1939–1945
- De: Philip Kaplan
- Narrado por: A. T. Chandler
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 358
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In the early years of the Second World War, the elite force of German submariners known as the Ubootwaffe came perilously close to perfecting underwater battle tactics and successfully cutting Britain's transatlantic lifeline. To the Allies, these enemy sailors were embarking on a mission of unequivocal evil. Each member of the Ubootwaffe understood that he must take pride in being part of a unique brotherhood. He had to do so because he was setting out on a journey that would test his mental and physical endurance to the very limits, and which he had little chance of surviving.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Like a Jr High Book Report, Performance Bad Too
- De Bill Sayer en 12-03-15
De: Philip Kaplan
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Tin Can Sailor
- Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945
- De: C. Raymond Calhoun
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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More than 800 sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded at the Battle of Tulagi. Peppered with the kind of vivid, authentic details that could only be provided by a participant, the book is the saga of a gallant fighting ship that earned a Presidential Unit Citation for her part in the Third Battle of Savo Island, where she took on a battleship.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good story about something that really happened
- De TRey en 07-25-18
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Tin Can Titans
- The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron
- De: John Wukovits
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war. But it was not the squadron of ships that had accumulated such an inspiring résumé; it was the people serving aboard them. Through diaries, personal interviews with survivors, and letters written to and by the crews during the war, preeminent historian of the Pacific theater John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the squadron and its men.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- De Jean en 09-23-17
De: John Wukovits
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Hell from the Heavens
- The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack
- De: John Wukovits
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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On the morning of April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese air force assembled directly above. They were about to become the targets of the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling story worth the effort
- De David Traill en 08-10-16
De: John Wukovits
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Thunder Below!
- The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
- De: Eugene B. Fluckey
- Narrado por: Corey Snow
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,493
Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey.
This is a gripping adventure chock-full of "you-are-there" moments. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Action, Excitement, & History. A great read!
- De Boone en 09-28-13
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Indianapolis
- De: Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 18 h y 39 m
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Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost 300 miles from the nearest land, nearly 900 men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As good as In Harm's Way but different
- De tru britty en 07-13-18
De: Lynn Vincent, y otros
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Steel Boat Iron Hearts
- A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505
- De: Hans Goebeler, John Vanzo
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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Using his own experiences, log books, and correspondence with other U-boat crewmen, Hans Goebeler offers rich and personal details about what life was like in the German Navy under Hitler. Since his first and last posting was to U-505, Goebeler's perspective of the crew, commanders, and war patrols paints a vivid and complete portrait unlike any other to come out of the Kriegsmarine. He witnessed it all, from deadly sabotage efforts that almost sunk the boat to the tragic suicide of the only U-boat commander who took his life during World War II.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not impressed with the narration
- De Andrew en 08-20-16
De: Hans Goebeler, y otros
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Neptune's Inferno
- The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 18 h y 38 m
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,000
With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts, James D. Hornfischer created essential and enduring narratives about America’s World War II Navy, works of unique immediacy distinguished by rich portraits of ordinary men in extremis and exclusive new information. Now he does the same for the deadliest, most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war: Guadalcanal. Neptune’s Inferno is at once the most epic and the most intimate account ever written of the contest for control of the seaways of the Solomon Islands.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The WWII Pacific Theater Explodes In My Lazy Chair
- De Rum Runner en 03-01-11
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
- The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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Told from the point of view of the men who waged this steel-shattering battle, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors captures Navy pilots attacking enemy battleships with makeshift weapons and sacrificial valor, a veteran commander improvising tactics never taught in Annapolis, and young crews from across America rising to an impossible challenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- De John en 04-17-04
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The Mathews Men
- Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats
- De: William Geroux
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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From the author of The Ghost Ships of Archangel, one of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: The U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the US Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community’s monumental contribution to that effort. Mathews County, Virginia, is a remote outpost on the Chesapeake Bay with little to offer except unspoiled scenery - but it sent an unusually large concentration of sea captains to fight in World War II.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engaging Read Not About Brothers, but Men
- De Gillian en 04-22-16
De: William Geroux
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Heroes Beneath the Waves
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- Ronda
- 05-28-18
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great job by narrator
easy to understand. very clear and easy to follow. 5 star
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- Andrew Scott McClanahan
- 03-28-16
Reading Straight from Wikipedia is not a book!
Would you try another book from Mary Nida Smith and/or Paul Christy?
Your kidding. Literally, they did not write anything. This entire book is straight from web pages.
Has Heroes Beneath the Waves turned you off from other books in this genre?
I've read them all, and this one is bad. I have a very complete library of first edition hardbacks of every first hand account of US WWII submarines. This book does not belong in this library.
How could the performance have been better?
The narration was not very good, either.
What character would you cut from Heroes Beneath the Waves?
There are no characters, just Wikipedia pages.
Any additional comments?
Is this the future of research and writing? Get "The Bravest Man" to know what a real book is.
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