Buckshot Bear Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan Started reading this a few days ago, have found it hard to put down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Lots of good WWII sub books. One of the greats is Clear the Bridge, by Richard O'Kane of the Tang. One of my senior law partners, Capt. Claude M. Pearson (USNR) had four war patrols in the USS Pogy. He was very proud of those dolphins! He died at 94 six years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said: Lots of good WWII sub books. One of the greats is Clear the Bridge, by Richard O'Kane of the Tang. One of my senior law partners, Capt. Claude M. Pearson (USNR) had four war patrols in the USS Pogy. He was very proud of those dolphins! He died at 94 six years ago. I've read another book about the USS Wahoo, I will try and get a copy of Clear the Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 One of the boats was Tang.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Claude Pearson, who founded the firm where I was a partner for several decades, had three very interesting stories about his sub service The toughest was a patrol in the Sea of Japan that encountered a minefield. He described many hours of slow movement, feeling mine cables scraping the sides of the boat. He said that he'd never been so scared in his life, and that he was never really afraid of anything after that. The second was the mid-ocean rescue of a B-29 crew that ditched. He attended reunions of that flight crew for many years. The third: they came upon a Japanese fishing boat near the end of the war. Such boats could carry radio gear to report sightings. Sinking it was an accepted option. But the small boat had a ragged worked-out crew of fishermen. The Pogy's captain looked it over, and the sub crew awaited the possible order to machine gun the fishermen. The sub captain turned away and gave the order to submerge. His crew was very glad of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 RAdm Richard H. O'Kane Medal of Honor recipient from President Harry S. Truman on March 27, 1946, during a White House ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 10 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan Started reading this a few days ago, have found it hard to put down. You are a bad person, I needed two more books* from Amazon like I needed a root canal! *The one above on the Kindle and another in paperback about the PBY Black Cats that came up under the "You might like" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 "Blind Man's Bluff" is a good read. It covers the covert submarine operations during the Cold War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 17 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: "Blind Man's Bluff" is a good read. It covers the covert submarine operations during the Cold War. It's been a bunch of years since I've read the book - an excellent read! And as I recall, it even contains mention of the Horse & Cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 21 hours ago, Chantry said: You are a bad person, I needed two more books* from Amazon like I needed a root canal! *The one above on the Kindle and another in paperback about the PBY Black Cats that came up under the "You might like" You'll enjoy the book I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 U-505 by Dan Gallery is a very good read about the capture of a German Uboat during WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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