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The Devil Boats: A U.S. Navy PT Squadron in Action in World War II [Audiobook]

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The Devil Boats: A U.S. Navy PT Squadron in Action in World War II [Audiobook]

The Devil Boats: A U.S. Navy PT Squadron in Action in World War II [Audiobook]
English | ASIN: B0BW4YJFVC | 2023 | 9 hours and 5 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 259 MB
Author: C.J. Skamarakas
Narrator: Steve Menasche

PT boats loom large in the popular imagination of World War II. In March 1942, a PT boat evacuated Gen. Douglas MacArthur, his family, and top staff from the Philippines, which inspired the war movie They Were Expendable, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. John F. Kennedy became a war hero while commanding PT-109, which collided with a Japanese destroyer and was sunk in August 1943. But the story of PT boats has never been told in the depth and detail that their exemplary service deserves. Naval historian C. J. Skamarakas uses one Pacific PT boat squadron to tell the story of PT boats in action in World War II.