War Beneath the Waves by Don Keith audiobook

War Beneath the Waves: A True Story of Courage and Leadership Aboard a World War II Submarine

By Don Keith
Read by Stephen Hoye

Tantor Audio 9780451232328

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9798200114931

  • ISBN: 9798200114955

Runtime: 6.65 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/History
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

In November 1943, while on war patrol in the Makassar Strait, the USS Billfish submarine was spotted by the Japanese, who launched a vicious depth charge attack. Explosions wracked the sub for fifteen straight hours. With his senior officers incapacitated, diving officer Charlie Rush boldly assumed command and led key members of the crew in a heroic effort to keep their ship intact as they tried to escape.

Now, in War Beneath the Waves, this intense story is finally told in all its harrowing detail. It is an inspiring tale of one man's leadership and courage under fire, and of the remarkable efforts of a submarine crew to do their duty and save their ship.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Narrator Stephen Hoye keeps himself from becoming subsumed in the characters and remains the storyteller…In capturing the terror of the situation, Hoye credibly portrays how men under such pressure can find themselves unable to think. Today we would recognize the condition as traumatic stress disorder.” AudioFile
“Dealing equally with the hardware and the interpersonal dynamics of WWII submarining, Keith will inform and please both the rank newcomer to the subject and the well-read expert on it. Invaluable for the WWII submarine annals.” Booklist
In capturing the terror of the situation, Hoye credibly portrays how men under such pressure can find themselves unable to think. AudioFile

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Author

Author Bio: Don Keith

Author Bio: Don Keith

Don Keith is the author of historical fiction, suspense thriller series, and stand-alone  novels, as well as nonfiction historical works of World Warr II. His series of young adult/men’s adventure novels co-written with Kent Wright are called the Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing Series. His first novel, The Forever Season, won the Alabama Library Association’s “Fiction of the Year” award. He was a broadcast personality for over twenty years and was named by Billboard magazine “Radio Personality of the Year.”  Commander George Wallace received his commission in the US Navy and a degree in engineering from Ohio State University. After being interviewed by Admiral Rickover, he was accepted into the nuclear power and submarine communities. He served on two of Admiral Rickover’s famous “Forty One for Freedom,” the USS John Adams and the USS Woodrow Wilson, during which time he made nine one-hundred-day deterrent patrols through the height of the Cold War.

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Details

Available Formats : Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/History
Runtime: 6.65
Audience: Adult
Language: English