Eight Survived: The Harrowing Story Of The USS Flier And The Only Downed World War II Submariners To Survive And Evade Capture - Softcover

Campbell, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762771798 ISBN 13: 9780762771790

Publisher: G05, 2011

Synopsis

The incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and evade enemy capture in World War Ii.

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From the Back Cover:

On August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines as it steamed along the surface. All but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went down with the vessel. Of those left floating in the dark, eight survived by swimming for seventeen hours before washing ashore on an uninhabited island. The story of the Flier and its eight survivors is wholly unique in the
annals of U.S. military history.

Upon the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Eight Survived tells the gripping story of the doomed submarine and its crew from its first patrol, during which it sank several enemy ships, to the explosion in the Sulu Sea. Drawing on interviews with the survivors and on a visit to the jungle where they washed ashore—where a cast of fascinating characters helped the U.S. sailors evade the Japanese—Douglas Campbell fully captures the combination of extraordinary courage and luck that marked one of the most heroic
episodes of World War II.

About the Author:

Douglas A. Campbell is the author of The Sea’s Bitter Harvest: Thirteen Deadly Days on the North Atlantic. Previously a longtime reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, he writes for Soundings magazine. 

About this edition

• Publisher: G05
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0762771798
• ISBN 13: 9780762771790
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304