Fighting Boats For A Fighting Navy The World War Ii Pt Boats In Contemporary Advertisements Black White Collection

Author : Patrick Matthews
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105448754
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Boats for a Fighting Navy: The World War II PT Boats in contemporary advertisements: Black & White Collection written by Patrick Matthews and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PT boats captured the imagination of the American public during WW2. From the darkest days of 1941 and 1942, the PTs were bravely slugging it out with the overwhelming Japanese invasion forces. PTs extracted MacArthur from Manila, and when he returned, it was on a PT. The PTs were nimble and quick, and packed a wallop. They were Davids to the Axis Goliaths. And the crews-what young man wouldn't want to be a dashing PT sailor? This collection of WW2 ads follows the PTs and their crews from those dark early days to the final victory and the promise of carefree yachting in the ensuing peace. Over 200 wartime PT ads are crammed into this affordable "Black & White Collection". Also look for the companion volume, "Fighting Boats for a Fighting Navy: Supplemental Color Edition", which contains a selection of the most colorful ads from this larger B&W edition.

Author : Patrick Matthews
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105445879
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Boats for a Fighting Navy: The World War II PT Boats in contemporary advertisements: Supplemental Color Edition written by Patrick Matthews and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PT boats captured the imagination of the American public during WW2. From the darkest days of 1941 and 1942, the PTs were bravely slugging it out with the overwhelming Japanese invasion forces. PTs extracted MacArthur from Manila, and when he returned, it was on a PT. The PTs were nimble and quick, and packed a wallop. They were Davids to the Axis Goliaths. And the crews-what young man wouldn't want to be a dashing PT sailor? This collection of WW2 ads follows the PTs and their crews from those dark early days to the final victory and the promise of carefree yachting in the ensuing peace. The ads in this volume are some of the most interesting of those PT ads originally published in color. Also look for the companion volume, "Fighting Boats for a Fighting Navy: Black & White Collection", which contains these same ads in grey tones, and a much larger number of additional ads originally published in black & white.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846037735
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book US Patrol Torpedo Boats written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat. The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using its 'stealth' ability, high-speed and small size to launch and survive these attacks – although they were employed in a wide variety of other missions, including rescuing General MacArthur and his entourage from the Philippines. This book examines the design and development of these unique craft, very few of which survive today, and goes on to examine their role and combat deployment in World War II.

Author : Robert Johns Bulkley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Total Pages : 1074 pages
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Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764356667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book PT Boats written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrol Torpedo--or PT boats--captured the public's imagination during WWII due to the daring exploits of their crews. Built not of plywood, as many believe, but rather of mahogany planks, and powered by a trio of Packard marine engines, these vessels operated in every theater, often facing opponents many times their size. The use of PT boats to evacuate General Douglas MacArthur and his family from the Philippines, a story dramatized in the movie They Were Expendable, put the PT boats and their crews in the public forefront, as did John F. Kennedy's loss of PT-109 and the subsequent rescue of him and his crew. This book looks at all the PT boat configurations used by the US Navy during WWII through rare archival photos, augmented by images of the few remaining vessels of the type. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780962088
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book US Patrol Torpedo Boats written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat. The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using its 'stealth' ability, high-speed and small size to launch and survive these attacks – although they were employed in a wide variety of other missions, including rescuing General MacArthur and his entourage from the Philippines. This book examines the design and development of these unique craft, very few of which survive today, and goes on to examine their role and combat deployment in World War II.

Author : Frank D. Johnson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States PT-boats of World War II in Action written by Frank D. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Victor Chun
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764302565
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American PT Boats in World War II written by Victor Chun and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American PT Boats in World War II is an illustrated study of the development, construction, tactics, and combat actions, of U.S. PT Boats.

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Total Pages : 758 pages
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