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Lucky 73
Aldona Sendzikas
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Description for Lucky 73
USS Pampanito is a tourist destination. During WW-II the submarine earned six battle stars, sank six Japanese ships, damaged four others, and rescued seventy-three British and Australian POWs from the South China Sea. This title chronicles this rescue story of the Pacific War. Series Editor(s): Bradford, James C.; Smith, Gene Allen. Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 b/w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Today USS Pampanito is a tourist destination. During WWII the submarine earned six battle stars, sank six Japanese ships, damaged four others, and rescued seventy-three British and Australian POWs from the South China Sea. Astonishingly, this rescue happened three days after she sank one of the transport ships on which the Allied prisoners were being ferried to Japan. The chain of events that led to this rescue is truly remarkable. Captured in 1942, forced to spend fifteen months constructing the Burma-Thai Railroad, and then loaded onto floating concentration camps - hellships, as they were called - the prisoners were in ... Read more
Today USS Pampanito is a tourist destination. During WWII the submarine earned six battle stars, sank six Japanese ships, damaged four others, and rescued seventy-three British and Australian POWs from the South China Sea. Astonishingly, this rescue happened three days after she sank one of the transport ships on which the Allied prisoners were being ferried to Japan. The chain of events that led to this rescue is truly remarkable. Captured in 1942, forced to spend fifteen months constructing the Burma-Thai Railroad, and then loaded onto floating concentration camps - hellships, as they were called - the prisoners were in ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813034270
SKU
V9780813034270
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About Aldona Sendzikas
Aldona Sendzikas, associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, is the former curator for the restored USS Pampanito, moored at Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco.
Reviews for Lucky 73
"Recounts one of the most heartrending stories of the U.S. Navy's submarine service." - William Thiesen, author of Industrializing American Shipbuilding"