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Jun 27, 2006 | ISBN 9780891418894 Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Mar 04, 2009 | ISBN 9780307554871 Buy
Aug 27, 2003 | 933 Minutes Buy
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Jun 27, 2006 | ISBN 9780891418894
Mar 04, 2009 | ISBN 9780307554871
Aug 27, 2003 | ISBN 9781415912164
933 Minutes
“There’s no margin for mistakes in submarines. You’re either alive or dead.”–Richard O’KaneHailed as the ace of aces, captain Richard O’Kane, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his consummate skill and heroism as a submarine skipper, sank more enemy ships and saved more downed fliers than anyone else.Now Pulitzer Prize—winning author William Tuohy captures all the danger, the terror, and the pulse-pounding action of undersea combat as he chronicles O’Kane’s wartime career–from his valiant service as executive officer under Wahoo skipper Dudley “Mush” Morton to his electrifying patrols as commander of the USS Tang and his incredible escape, with eight other survivors, after Tang was sunk by its own defective torpedo.Above all, The Bravest Man is the dramatic story of mavericks who broke the rules and set the pace to become a new breed of hunter/killer submariners who waged a unique brand of warfare. These undersea warriors would blaze their own path to victory–and transform the “Silent Service” into the deadliest fighting force in the Pacific.
William Tuohy served with the US Navy in the Pacific in 1945–46. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for his Vietnam War reporting in the Los Angeles Times. As a journalist, Tuohy covered the conflicts in the Middle East,… More about William Tuohy
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