Escape from the Deep

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"Their submarine was dea.d, one hundred and eighty feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Somehow they survived. They were tortured and beaten. ^ Somehow they survived. Alex Kershaw has done it again as he brings to life World War ll's greatest submarine survival advehture." -James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred and eighty feet beneath the surface, while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges from above. With their air supply running out, somé of the crew chose to make a daring ascent through the escape hatch. In the end, jtfet nine of the originál eighty-man crew survived. For those who did, it was the beginning a far greater ördeal. With the same heart-pounding narrative drive that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest W/'/rter national bestsellers, Alex... Tovább

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"Their submarine was dea.d, one hundred and eighty feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Somehow they survived. They were tortured and beaten. ^ Somehow they survived. Alex Kershaw has done it again as he brings to life World War ll's greatest submarine survival advehture." -James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred and eighty feet beneath the surface, while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges from above. With their air supply running out, somé of the crew chose to make a daring ascent through the escape hatch. In the end, jtfet nine of the originál eighty-man crew survived. For those who did, it was the beginning a far greater ördeal. With the same heart-pounding narrative drive that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest W/'/rter national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw brings to life this incredible story of survival and endurance. With 16 pages of photographs "Kershaw's vivid account of heroism and survival is so riveting, it 'can only be so long before Hollywood scoops it up to adapt for the big screen." - Entertainment Weekly "This tremendou§ read .. . shouldn't be missed." -Boston Herald Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed and best-selling books The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Few, and two biographies: Jack London and Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Róbert Capa. He lives in Massachusetts. Vissza