Swimming in the Pacific
My Grandfather's Stories from World War II
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Lawrence Bass escaped his burning ship at Guadalcanal, participated in the invasion of Rendova and in retaking the Philippines, dropped off Marines at Iwo Jima, and watched as they raised the flag on Suribachi. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1940 and helped to make history over the next six years of his enlistment. Then, he told his story.
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- De: Sam Moses
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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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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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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General4 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
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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The Last Zero Fighter
- De: Dan King
- Narrado por: Drew Bott
- Duración: 12 h y 25 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41
Firsthand accounts from interviews conducted in Japan with five WWII Japanese Naval aviators. All are veterans of the pivotal battles of the Pacific War including; USS Panay, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Rabaul, Port Darwin, Indian Ocean Raid, Ceylon, Midway, Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the kamikaze in the Philippines, the home defense and the dropping of the atomic bomb. Includes an introduction to the Japanese pilot training system for both officers and enlisted men.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and humanizing story
- De courtney mckean en 07-03-23
De: Dan King
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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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Story, confusing presentation
- De Tbongo en 03-03-25
De: Don Keith
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Unsinkable
- Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett
- De: James Sullivan
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
In the best-selling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a “captivating...gripping” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) account of the USS Plunkett - a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poorly researched.
- De Kindle Customer en 02-05-21
De: James Sullivan
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Days of Steel Rain
- The Epic Story of a WWII Vengeance Ship in the Year of the Kamikaze
- De: Brent E. Jones
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built "vengeance ship" USS Astoria, named for her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war. At its center lies US Navy Captain George Dyer, who vowed to return to action after suffering a horrific wound. He accepted the ship's command in 1944, knowing it would be his last chance to avenge his injuries and salvage his career. Yet with the nation's resources and personnel stretched thin by the war, he found that just getting the ship into action would prove to be a battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Other Side of the Story: USS Astoria CL-90
- De Mike Williams en 11-16-21
De: Brent E. Jones
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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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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
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The Ghost Ships of Archangel
- The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
- De: William Geroux
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole, seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs. Despite the risks, they had a better chance of survival than the rest of Convoy PQ-17, a fleet of 35 cargo ships carrying $1 billion worth of war supplies to the Soviet port of Archangel - the limited help Roosevelt and Churchill extended to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to maintain their fragile alliance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A lot of chaff
- De J. Willson en 02-01-22
De: William Geroux
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Swift Boats at War in Vietnam
- De: Guy Gugliotta, John Yeoman, Neva Sullaway
- Narrado por: David Colacci, Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 254
Developed specifically for the Vietnam War, Swift Boats were versatile craft "big enough to outrun anything they couldn't outfight" but too small to handle even a moderate ocean chop, too loud to sneak up on anyone, and too flimsy to withstand the mildest of rocket attacks. This made more difficult an already tough mission: navigating coastal waters for ships and sampans smuggling contraband to the Viet Cong, disrupting enemy supply lines on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta, and inserting SEALs behind enemy lines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ride with the Swift Boats
- De Robert Lion en 05-01-18
De: Guy Gugliotta, y otros
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All the Gallant Men
- An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
- De: Donald Stratton, Ken Gire
- Narrado por: Mike Ortego
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 538
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 497
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 498
An unforgettable and moving story of tragedy, heroism, resilience, and redemption that is sure to become an enduring document of American history, All the Brave Men is a sailor's moment-by-moment eyewitness account of the Japanese surprise attack that decimated the US Pacific Fleet in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and his inspiring return to active duty to carry on the Allied fight in the Pacific.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely wonderful book!
- De Cris Conerty en 01-15-17
De: Donald Stratton, 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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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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Jayhawk
- Love, Loss, Liberation and Terror over the Pacific
- De: Jay A. Stout, George L. Cooper
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 73
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Born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother, George Cooper is one of the few surviving veteran pilots who saw action over such fearsome targets as Rabaul and Wewak. Not just another flag-waving story of air combat, Jayhawk describes the war as it really was - a conflict with far-reaching tentacles that gripped and tore at not only the combatants, but also their families, friends, and the way they lived their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An absolute must for any student of the Pacific Air War
- De Ginger en 10-07-20
De: Jay A. Stout, y otros
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Destroyer Captain
- Lessons of a First Command
- De: James Stavridis
- Narrado por: Chaz Allen
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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This memoir of James Stavridis' two years in command of the destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) reveals the human side of what it is like to be in charge of a warship for the first time and in the midst of international crisis. From Haiti to the Balkans to the Arabian Gulf, the Barry was involved in operations throughout the world during his 1993-1995 tour. Drawing on daily journals he kept for the entire period, the author reveals the complex nature of those deployments in a 'real time' context and describes life on board the Barry and liberty ashore for sailors and officers alike.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Navy book
- De Richard Giddeon en 03-04-15
De: James Stavridis
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Ship of Ghosts
- The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of of Her Survivors
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Mark Cashman
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 373
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 264
Renowned as FDR's favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. But the men of the Houston fought back with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, willpower, and the undying faith that their country would prevail.
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4 out of 5 stars
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interesting read
- De Daniel W. Eggemeier en 05-11-07
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The First Heroes
- The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid
- De: Craig Nelson
- Narrado por: Raymond Todd
- Duración: 17 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 91
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Immediately after Japan's December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo itself. In those early days of World War II, America was ill-prepared for any sort of warfare. But FDR was not to be dissuaded, and at his bidding a squadron of scarcely trained army fliers, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, set forth on what everyone regarded as a suicide mission.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heroic Attempt
- De William en 07-20-04
De: Craig Nelson
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Never Call Me a Hero
- A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
- De: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr
- Narrado por: Mike Ortego, Cassandra Campbell, Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 322
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An extraordinary firsthand account of the Battle of Midway by one of its key participants, timed to the 75th anniversary: American dive-bomber pilot "Dusty" Kleiss helped sink three Japanese warships (including two aircraft carriers), received the Navy Cross, and is credited with playing a decisive individual role in determining the outcome of a battle that is considered a turning point in World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love the story, disagree with the title.
- De STC en 08-21-17
De: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, y otros