“WAR In The BOATS.” By Captain William J. Ruhe, USN (Ret.), with a foreword by Tom Clancy. Submarine duty in World War II was extraordinarily dangerous: nearly 22 percent of all American submariners who fought lost their lives. What kind of man could face these odds, day-after-day, in a cramped, leaky vessel hundreds of feet below the surface? Bill Ruhe was one of them. A twenty-six year old ensign just three years out of the Naval Academy, he kept a secret journal on eight action-filled patrols against the Japanese in the South Pacific. Based on his colorful and meticulous notes, “War In the Boats” vividly describes a unique form of combat and the courageous individuals who could with stand extreme pressures. The author’s combat operations ran the gamut of submarine actions in the Pacific war. His battles were fought in three main types of boats. Because his experiences were so extensive, his book is one of the most inclusive descriptions of the undersea war against Japan. Ruhe served on the old submarine the S-37 (SS-142), USS Seadragon (SS-194) and later on the USS Crevalle (SS-291). All three of the subs survived the war. Softbound edition. 305 pages, 5 diagrams, 2 maps, epilogue, glossary an index but no photos.
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