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Author's Synopsis
Arthur Francis Hibner, a high school senior from a small town in northern New Mexico, is drafted into the Navy during WWII. He goes to San Diego Naval Training Center for boot camp, then to BESS (Basic Enlisted Submarine School) in Groton, Connecticut, where he learns the basics for survival on submarines, then becomes a plank holder on the newly constructed Balao class submarine, Redfish, USS SS-395.
Though Redfish and crew spent only six months in hostile waters surrounding Japan and the Philippines, they made the most of their time and wreaked havoc on the Imperial Japanese Navy and Japanese supply shipping.
Third Class Torpedoman’s Mate Hibner relates the two epic patrols of Redfish, and its harrowing escape from the fury of three escorting destroyers after the sinking of the aircraft carrier Unryu.
Format(s) for review: Paper Only
Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 159 / 67,500