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by Donald Yates
English | March 9, 2024 | ASIN: B0CXN19NTW | 198 pages | PNG (.rar) | 146 Mb

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by Stefan Dramiński
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1472827414 | 337 pages | True PDF | 633 MB

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Free Download In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors By Doug Stanton
2002 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 0312983379 | EPUB | 1 MB
A harrowing, adrenaline-charged account of America's worst naval disaster -- and of the heroism of the men who, against all odds, survived.On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and dementia. By the time rescue arrived, all but 317 men had died. The captain's subsequent court-martial left many questions unanswered: How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was missing? Why was the cruiser traveling unescorted in enemy waters? And perhaps most amazing of all, how did these 317 men manage to survive?Interweaving the stories of three survivors -- the captain, the ship's doctor, and a young marine -- journalist Doug Stanton has brought this astonishing human drama to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless. The definitive account of a little-known chapter in World War II history, In Harm's Way is destined to become a classic tale of war, survival, and extraordinary courage.

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Free Download James Duermeyer, "The Capture of the USS Pueblo: The Incident, the Aftermath and the Motives of North Korea"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1476675406 | EPUB | pages: 209 | 7.7 mb
For President Lyndon Johnson, 1968 was a year of calamity, including the hijacking of the USS Pueblo in international waters off North Korea. After a fierce attack by the North Korean Navy, the lightly armed spy ship was captured and its 83 crewmen taken hostage, imprisoned and tortured for nearly a year before being released.

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Free Download Andrew C. A. Jampoler, Chris Monteiro (Narrator), "Hard Aground: The Wreck of the USS Tennessee and the Rise of the US Navy"
English | ASIN: B0CQD8G2X1 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~09:42:00 | 275 MB
Hard Aground brings together three intertwined stories documenting the US Navy's strategic and materiel evolution from the end of Civil War through the First World War.
The first story focuses on the reconstruction of the US Navy following the swift and near-total dismantling of the Union Navy infrastructure after the Civil War. Jampoler argues that the federal government discovered that the fleet requested by the navy, and paid for by Congress, was the wrong fleet.

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Free Download Gregory A. Freeman, "Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It"
English | 2004 | pages: 336 | ISBN: 0060936908, 0066212677 | EPUB | 0,5 mb
The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction with other bombs on surrounding planes. The crew struggled for days to extinguish the fires, but, in the end, the tragedy took the lives of 134 men. For thirty-five years, the terrible loss of life has been blamed on the sailors themselves, but this meticulously documented history shows that they were truly the victims and heroes.

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Free Download Eight Survived: The Harrowing Story of the USS Flier and the Only Downed World War II Submariners to Survive and Evade Capture (Audiobook)
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Author: Douglas A. Campbell
Narrator: Chris Monteiro

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Free Download A Grave Misfortune: The USS Indianapolis Tragedy by Department of the Navy, Richard Hulver
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07RMJX7S2 | 467 pages | EPUB | 5.14 Mb
It is indisputable that the loss of life attributed to the sinking of Indianapolis could have been mitigated had the proper individuals in the Navy realized sooner that the ship was overdue. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The United States Navy did, however, learn from this disaster and took immediate steps to ensure that no Sailor or Marine would again face a similar situation. Escort requirements were stiffened, lifesaving equipment improved, and more rigid movement reporting procedures put in place. The story of Indianapolis continues to serve as a point of departure for learning, as evidenced by this volume. Actions of captain and crew of Indianapolis throughout their ordeal, and in the aftermath, stand as exemplars of the highest traditions and honor of the United States Navy.

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A Strange Whim of the Sea: The Wreck of the USS Macaw (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BLTHDVZ8 | 2022 | 8 hours and 37 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 249 MB
Author: Tim Loughman
Narrator: Tom Perkins
On January 16, 1944, the submarine rescue vessel USS Macaw (ASR-11) ran aground at Midway Atoll while attempting to get a towing line to the stranded submarine USS Flier (SS-250). The Flier was pulled free six days later, but another three weeks of salvage efforts failed to dislodge the Macaw. Then on February 12, the sea accomplished that task, nudging the ship into deeper water. As night fell and the ship slowly sank, the twenty-two men on board sought refuge in the pilot house. By about 0230 Sunday, that compartment having flooded almost entirely, Burton gave the order to open the portside door and make for the foremast.

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