A sailor’s impressive studies on an American submarine within the Pacific are candidly mentioned during this eyewitness account of battle from a torpedoman’s standpoint. Robert Hunt controlled to outlive twelve consecutive struggle patrols at the submarine USS Tambor. throughout the process the struggle, Hunt was once in every single place that mattered within the Pacific. He stood at the bow of the Tambor because it cruised into Pearl Harbor simply days after the devastation of the japanese air raid, peered via binoculars as his boat shadowed eastern cruisers on the conflict of halfway, ferried weapons and provides to American guerilla warring parties within the Philippines, fired torpedoes that sank very important eastern delivery, and survived a near-fatal, seventeen-hour depth-charge assault. For “exceptional ability and talent at his conflict station” Hunt bought a commendation from Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. This WWII torpedoman’s account of the warfare bargains the infrequent viewpoint of an enlisted seaman that's not to be had within the extra universal officer accounts.

To seize the development of the Pacific conflict via Hunt’s eyes coauthors Robert Schultz and James Shell tested the younger submariner's battle diary, in addition to team letters, pictures, and captains' experiences, and so they carried out hours of interviews. Their brilliant descriptions of the ways that sailors handled the tension of struggle whereas at sea or on liberty convey an aspect of the battle that's hardly ever said. Hunt’s submarine used to be the 1st of a brand new fleet of global battle II boats and the namesake of an important type. His extraordinary tale provides additional luster to the heroic list of the submariners who served with him within the Pacific.