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Sub Book I have been waiting for a long time for !!!!
The Silent Service in WWII is a submarine book that has been a long time overdue. There is no shortage of US based sub memoirs and books based on the history of a particular submarine but there are few books that bring together the stories of the typical WWII US sub sailor. The book is broken into 3 sections, early war, mid and late war. Within each section are several stories, most only a few pages long, that tell about an individual sailors particular experience during the war. The stories used were pulled from articles previously published in publications such as Polaris magazine but before learning that I thought the author had personally interviewed at least most of these veterans directly. It does not matter though, the stories were well selected and are interesting. I thought it was a good idea that the majority of the ones the author chose to include are not about sinking ships but instead are more personal stories, some of which are quite poignant or humorous. Some of them include such experiences as a keeping a dog stowed away on board,a lookout surviving a too rapid submergence, surviving the sinking of the USS Grenadier, taking prisoners, rescuing downed fliers and an interesting passage of the submarine services only known kamikaze attack ! The only 2 critisicm's is that the story of one of the survivors of the USS Flier, though well told and interesting has been covered in at least two recently published books. I would have preferred those 30 pages or so to cover some of the more untold tales of the silent service. Also, the book should have been better proof read. Not a big deal but there are several misspellings such as in the photo section the USS Ronquil is called the Ranquil. I think any person who enjoys reading about WWII would like this book and if you are a big USN/submarine book reader like myself I highly recommend adding this volume to your bookshelf !
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Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2013
Sub Book I have been waiting for a long time for !!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2013
The Silent Service in WWII is a submarine book that has been a long time overdue. There is no shortage of US based sub memoirs and books based on the history of a particular submarine but there are few books that bring together the stories of the typical WWII US sub sailor. The book is broken into 3 sections, early war, mid and late war. Within each section are several stories, most only a few pages long, that tell about an individual sailors particular experience during the war. The stories used were pulled from articles previously published in publications such as Polaris magazine but before learning that I thought the author had personally interviewed at least most of these veterans directly. It does not matter though, the stories were well selected and are interesting. I thought it was a good idea that the majority of the ones the author chose to include are not about sinking ships but instead are more personal stories, some of which are quite poignant or humorous. Some of them include such experiences as a keeping a dog stowed away on board,a lookout surviving a too rapid submergence, surviving the sinking of the USS Grenadier, taking prisoners, rescuing downed fliers and an interesting passage of the submarine services only known kamikaze attack ! The only 2 critisicm's is that the story of one of the survivors of the USS Flier, though well told and interesting has been covered in at least two recently published books. I would have preferred those 30 pages or so to cover some of the more untold tales of the silent service. Also, the book should have been better proof read. Not a big deal but there are several misspellings such as in the photo section the USS Ronquil is called the Ranquil. I think any person who enjoys reading about WWII would like this book and if you are a big USN/submarine book reader like myself I highly recommend adding this volume to your bookshelf !
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2013
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