Submarine Commander
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9780671684662
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Personal narratives, American; Military - General; Naval operations; Submarine; History - Military / War; Korean War, 1950-1953; Military - World War II; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: Hvalfjordur, Iceland, December 1941. A few minutes before midnight, as the sixth of December passed into history, I scaled the familiar six ladders from my stateroom to "sky forward," the weatherbeaten compartment housing the antiaircraft director in Wichita, where I stood watch as gunnery control officer.