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The remarkable true story of Eugene Fluckey the US Navys most innovativeand aggressivesubmarine commander of World War II
Over the course of five combat patrols during the Pacific War Commander Fluckey reinvented submarine warfare pioneering audacious strategies to hunt and sink Japanese warships and merchant vessels At the helm of the USS Barb he directed his boat to attack warship convoysnever mind the lopsided oddsand to slip into heavily defended enemy harbors to launch torpedoes at unsuspecting targets Lucky Fluckeys submariners often attacked from the surface brazenly sinking the enemy with the Barbs deck guns Once he even sent sailors ashore on one Japanese island on a perilous mission to blow up a Japanese train Fluckey and his crew sent an astounding seventeen enemy ships including an aircraft carrier to the bottom of the sea
In Torpedo Run acclaimed naval historian Don Keith dives into the most thrilling and dangerous tales of Fluckeys war as he guides his gallant crew against the Japanese fleet For his heroism and intrepidity Fluckey earned four Navy Crosses and the Medal of Honor and showed what a submarineand hewas capable of
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