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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.54510973
EAN: 9781592288625
ISBN: 1592288626
Label: The Lyons Press
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: August 01, 2006
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Sales Rank: 426257
Studio: The Lyons Press
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In April 1944, the highly decorated submarine USS Gudgeon slipped beneath the waves in one of the most dangerous patrol areas in the most dangerous military service during World War II. Neither the Gudgeon nor the crew were ever seen again. Author Mike Ostlund's "Uncle Bill" was aboard the ship as a lieutenant junior grade. Through extensive research of patrol reports in U.S. and Japanese naval archives, interviews with veterans who had served abroad the Gudgeon before its final patrol, and the personal effects of the lost men's relatives, Ostlund has assembled the most accurate account yet of this remarkably successful submarine's exploits, of the men abroad, from steward to captain, and of what we know about her demise. Through these stories we experience the excitement of first sighting, then closing in on an enemy ship, and the seconds ticking away as the crew awaits the detonation of torpedoes. We hear the groans of collapsing bulkheads through the hull of the submarine, then the eerie cry of inch-thick steel as it is rent apart. The swish-swish-swish of a Japanese destroyer's attack approach. The thundercrack of exploding depth charges between muttered prayers and anguished, flinching anticipation where the crew, all equal in peril now, must sit absolutely still and take the punishment as they suppress the urge to do something, anything. We also share the anguish of the girls they left behind when they learned the ship was lost; and of the memories and life lessons of the young men who went to sea abroad Gudgeon before its last patrol knowing hardly anything, and coming home having seen too much. The book recounts the mysterious disappearance of the USS Gudgeon in April 1944.
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Absolutely great book! Just finsihed it today and I would like to commend Mike Ostlund for the fantastic research he accomplished, turning the story of the Gudgeon into a great read! My heart goes out to those lost in the Silent Service as well as all those who survived battling the Japanese. Godspeed to them all.
BUY THIS BOOK!!!
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In the words of 'Moose' Hornkohl,..."the submarine's graceful lines and lethality an alluring combination."
Mikes writing of WWII events and memoirs of former crew recounting the consumption of torpedo juice and the terror of depth charging by the Japanese leads the reader sadly to the tragic mysterious loss of USS Gudgeon and her officers and crew.
Peter Mutton,Brisbane,Australia
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I have read almost every sub book written. This book has the right personal touch. The emotion and the action bring the reader back to a time when we fought wars the right way. Integrity and courage are abound. Join one mans quest to find his uncles past, and uncover the story behind one of the best world war II submarines to sail the south pacific. From enlisted to Officer this book covers it all. In this book the GREAT GENERATION LIVES ON !!! THANKS MIKE
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Having made 6 war patrols aboard the Gudgeon, and 3 war patrols on other boats, I am well aware of what constitutes excellence in a fighting submarine than one without the aggressiveness and resolve found in Gudgeon and her crew.We were a team, and in my estimation no one, without exception, was more important than another. This was made clear to the author who followed our description of events to the "T". This is the true
story,without embellishments, or aggrandizements, of one of the fightingest ... Read More
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Historically, it seems to be an accurate accounting. A mysterious loss? Hardly...it was a wartime loss pure and simple, as were many. The writing is VERY dry, read more like an encyclopedia. I you are a war nut, it's OK, but not revealing in the least, and tends to wander.
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