War in the Boats
Subtitle: My WWII Submarine Battles (Memories of War)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: April 27, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781574887341
Subjects: American history: Second World War; True stories: Second World War; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - World War II; Submarine; Naval History - World War II; Submarines; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Naval operations, American; Biography/Autobiography; The Americas; Military Science; Military; Military - Naval; History / Military / World War II; Ruhe, William J; World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; Naval operations; Pacific Ocean
First sentence: The departure of the S-37 on June 22, 1942, for her fifth war patrol was furtive and embarrassing as she headed silently on her batteries down the Brisbane River.