The World War II Book Group will discuss Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II by Eugene Fluckey (University of Illinois Press, $22.95). Under the leadership of Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II and changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen. He uses archival documents from the Japanese Navy to give its version of events. Surface-cruising, diving only to escape, Luckey Fluckey relentlessly patrolled the Pacific, driving his boat and crew to their limits. Thunder Below! is a first-rate, true-life, inspirational story of the courage and heroism of ordinary men under fire.
World War II Book Group
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 2:00pm
$22.95
ISBN: 9780252066702
Availability: Not on our shelves. Usually arrives at The Bookworm in 4-7 days from distributor/publisher.
Published: University of Illinois Press - July 1st, 1997