Название: TORPEDO 8 - The Story Of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron [Illustrated Edition]
Автор: Ira Wolfert
Издательство: Verdun Press
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB/PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 296
Размер: 20,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
Includes the Island War In The Pacific Illustration Pack – 152 maps, plans and photos.
The epic story of the death and rebirth of the famous Torpedo Squadron 8, destroyed at the Battle of Midway and rose again to become a crack outfit under the leadership of “Swede” Larsen.
“THE JAPS WIPED OUT THE UNITED STATES NAVY Torpedo Squadron 8 in a few minutes at the Battle of Midway. The minutes were hot and rough. The squadron was like a raw egg thrown into an electric fan, and only three men came out of the action alive. One of these is no longer fit for combat duty. His nerves are gone. They became unstrung in those few minutes, and in the ten months since then he has not been able to get them working again normally, although he has been out on the line trying his best, refusing painfully to give up.