The Devil Boat

Author : C.J. Skamarakas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0811772098
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil Boats written by C.J. Skamarakas and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PT boats loom large in the popular imagination of World War II. In March 1942, a PT boat evacuated Gen. Douglas MacArthur, his family, and top staff from the Philippines, which inspired the war movie They Were Expendable, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. John F. Kennedy became a war hero while commanding PT-109, which collided with a Japanese destroyer and was sunk in August 1943. But the story of PT boats has never been told in the depth and detail that their exemplary service deserves. Naval historian C. J. Skamarakas uses one Pacific PT boat squadron to tell the story of PT boats in action in World War II. Eighty feet long, PT boats were designed to launch torpedoes against enemy ships five and ten times their own size. But defects in the torpedoes and the boats’ speed and maneuverability ultimately shifted the boats’ mission to patrolling and breaking up Japanese shipping and reinforcements. In the waters of the Southwest Pacific as part of MacArthur’s offensives in New Guinea and the Philippines, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 25 completed these missions and also executed other operations for which they weren’t specifically trained, including inserting commandos behind enemy lines, air-sea rescue, raids on enemy positions, reconnaissance of potential sites for amphibious landings, coordination of air strikes in support of ground forces, meetings with guerrilla leaders, recovery of prisoners of war, diversionary activities, and psychological operations. Today we would call many of their missions “special ops.” The Japanese called PT boats “mosquitoes” and “devil boats.” The Devil Boats recounts the unique contributions of one motor torpedo boat squadron and through it tells the story of PT boats in the Pacific War. With drama and excitement, as well as careful attention to detail, the book fills a void in the history of the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Author : Giuseppe Bufalari
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780394922898
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Boat written by Giuseppe Bufalari and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1971 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the day that they buy their own boat, a coral diver and his son sense it is cursed by the devil.

Author : William Breuer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780891415862
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil Boats written by William Breuer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Rupert traces the relationship between American global power and the rise of mass production. The United States was propelled to the apex of the global division of labor, ensuring victory in World War II and enabling postwar reconstruction under American leadership. Through a study of Ford Motor Company between 1914 and 1952, he examines the political and ideological struggles through which industrial labor was incorporated into the coalition of statesmen and capitalists that constructed the postwar world order.

Author : David Longhorn
Publisher : Scare Street
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil Ship written by David Longhorn and published by Scare Street. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil haunts the high seas… For as long as she can remember, Sara Hansen dreamed of living in paradise. Sinking her family’s savings into the Pirate Cove resort, Sara and her husband relocate to the beautiful island of Sainte Isabel. But a shadow clouds the island’s pristine shores. And when Sara researches the island’s history, she uncovers tales of an ancient pirate named Lemaitre. According to local legend, this cruel buccaneer was so evil, even Hell refused to claim his soul. And the island’s residents believe his haunted ship still prowls the waters off Sainte Isabel’s coast. When a shady salvage captain goes missing, Sara is convinced he has run afoul of the demonic pirate. Ignored by the local police, she investigates the mysterious disappearance on her own. But some secrets were not meant to be disturbed. And Sara soon finds herself entangled in the terrifying curse of Lemaitre and his descendants. The Devil’s ship sails on the full moon, ready to claim another soul. Will Sara be the next victim to join its cursed crew?

Author : William B. Breuer
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil Boats written by William B. Breuer and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PT boat was a class of motor torpedo boats used by the United States during the Second World War. Armed with a 40mm antiaircraft gun, two 20mm antiaircraft guns and four torpedo tubes, their agility and speed consistently bested even the most outlandish expectations. Against Japan, they figure prominently in some of the best-known feats of heroism of the entire war. In Devil Boats, the reader is right on board, buffeted by the spray of the crashing Pacific minutes after the Pearl Harbor disaster as a PT boat brings down the first enemy plane. And there again as PT boats, their engines muffled, steal along on an unforgiving ocean to sink a warship, blow up a supply barge, carry a sabotage team past enemy lines, or effect another extraordinary rescue of a downed Allied pilot. In instance upon instance, the PT boats and their crews performed deeds demanding incredible courage and skill, pitting their plywood craft against the force of the angry sea, or the might of ships hundreds of times their own size. Among their legendary exploits - General MacArthur being spirited off besieged Corregidor; Philippine president Quezon's "kidnapping" to Australia; and the unforgettable heroism of a wounded John F. Kennedy and his fearless PT-109.

Author : Paul Martelli
Publisher : Helion and Company
ISBN 13 : 1910777528
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Devil's Tail written by Paul Martelli and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collaborationist who fought for Germany during WWII and later for the French in Vietnam tells his eventful life story in this military memoir. This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli who fought on the Eastern Front in 1945 as a fifteen-year-old member of the 33rd Waffen-Grenadier-Division of the SS Charlemagne, and later, as a soldier with French forces in the Tonkin area of Vietnam. Paul recounts his time at the Sennheim military training base; his experience of the German invasion of France when he was still a boy in Lorraine; and his motivations for enlisting with the Waffen SS a few years later. He reveals his escapades at Greifenberg, his first love with a German girl helping refugees, and his experiences of combat. After the German defeat, Martelli ends up delivering a group of female camp prisoners to a Russian officer, then living in disguise among enemy soldiers until he escapes and surrenders to the Americans. After a prison sentence and military service in Morocco, Paul is sent to fight in defense of French bases north of Hanoi, Vietnam. Though he survives three years of fierce combat, he compares his service in the Waffen SS with the inefficiency of the French Expeditionary Force and comes out deeply frustrated. At almost twenty-six, Martelli has fought and lost in two wars, both against the communists. Unemployed, and with the ideals of a ‘Nouvelle Europe’ in pieces, he briefly joins the French Foreign Legion before choosing another path

Author : Frank Lucius Packard
Publisher : New York, G. Doran [1927]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Mantle written by Frank Lucius Packard and published by New York, G. Doran [1927]. This book was released on 1927 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert W Barker
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059534660X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Chosen written by Robert W Barker and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Faster, faster come the German shouts. Louder and more impatient. Into the ravine they run. 'Schnell! Schnell!' No time to think. No time to escape. Fear chokes their hearts. Breathing comes quick and shallow. No place to hide. No place to go but down the bank, down into nature's quiet embrace, open to greet them, open to enfold them." The brutality and terror of the Holocaust is chillingly brought back to life in this series of fictional accounts from author Robert Barker. SS officer Hans Grüber, the sometimes confused and troubled perpetrator, acts as our guide by connecting the scenes in the different stories. With a focus on the stark, personal decisions made by the perpetrators and victims alike, The Devil's Chosen raises disturbing and enduring questions. Do we summon the bravery to stand against evil, or do we abandon all to save ourselves? Do we have the right and the power to forgive the silent bystanders as well as those responsible? What is our role? The Devil's Chosen brings the actions and decisions of both the victims and the perpetrators into focus against the unforgiving background of terror and death.

Author : Dahn Alexander Batchelor
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781450283526
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Breath written by Dahn Alexander Batchelor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andre Verlain is on top of the world. At the age of twenty-six, he is already a respected member of the medical field, in love with a beautiful woman, Rachel Hayot. But then, in 1902, he finds himself in France, where he learns how easy it is to fall from the highest height to the lowest low. While in Paris, Andre meets a mysterious fortune teller, and Madame Boulier has some bad news . According to Madame, Andre must soon make a choice. It is foretold that the woman he truly loves is doomed to die in the city of St. Pierre on the island of Martiniquekilled by the eruption of the volcano, Pelee. Andre is suspiciousuntil he sets foot on the destined island and realizes he has eight days before Pelee is fated to explode. Andre is in love with Rachel; the soothsayer must be referring to her but what of the enchanting island woman known only as White Flower? Rachel is the daughter of a rich plantation owner; she is safety and comfort. White Flower is the sister of a voodoo cultista dangerous man, hell-bent on killing Andre. She is not a viable prospect for marriage, so why does Andre feel such strong connection to the island beauty? Time is running out. Andre can only save one womanbut which one? And will Andre survive long enough to love her?

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Motor Boat written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: