Clear the Bridge! : The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang

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Summary: One of the Very Best
Review: This book is one of the very best! The detailed narrative of life on patrol in the Pacific during World War II is facinating. A must read for anyone interested in U.S.submarine action in World War II.

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Summary: The best and most interesting WWII submaring book written
Review: This book makes you feel like you're there. It gives the why's and what's of submarine action. You know not only what the skipper thinks but why he thinks that way. The author goes into great detail concerning the daily living in a submarine. I've read and reread this book! I'm on my second book and it's got dozens of dog-eared pages as I read and reread it! It's got to be the closest thing to being there!

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Summary: Exciting and informative
Review: This book ranks with "Killer Angels" as one of the ten best of all time books on the experience of war. Written in the first person from first hand experience, it is entertaining, engrossing and, in the descriptions of confrontation and battle, riveting. O'Kane's skill and determination were matched by an extraordinary sense of adrenalin boosting nerve under fire in the face of almost overwhelming odds. The almost seamless integration of the crew, from Captain, through Exec and down thru the lowest ranking member of the team is admirable and would seem to belong more to the realm of fiction than reality. If it were not so fully documented, it would hardly be credible. A must read for war buffs, and anyone who loves adventure and suspense; Twentieth Century war when it was still "seat of the pants" and at the inception of modern technology