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"The island of Iwo Jima was the epic land and sea battle that produced one of the iconic images of WWII: the Marines raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi, an active volcano that was the site of intense hand to hand combat. In this gripping novel, Deutermann follows a young gunnery liaison officer, Lee Bishop, who during the ferocious battle for the island is pulled from his station aboard the USS Nevada to serve on-shore as a spotter, calling in coordinates for the ship to target with missiles. But Bishop is completely unready for what he will witness and experience: a literal hell, during which 26,000 Americans are killed in a fight to the very last man, which culminates in the blistering, sulphurous tunnels of Surabachi itself, where an entire platoon of Marines is held captive."-- Provided by publisher

A gripping tale of anti-submarine warfare in the World War II Pacific Theater, by a master of military adventure fiction.

A gripping World War II naval adventure, this novel fictionalizes the remarkable exploits of "The Hooligan Navy" in the Pacific theatre. Loosely organized in fast-moving squadrons, PT (patrol torpedo) boats, known as "the mosquito fleet" and "devil boats," became a persistent threat to the formidable Japanese navy through daring raids on warships, tankers, and transport ships. Following the Pearl Harbor attack, young surgical resident Lincoln Anderson enlists in the Navy medical corps. His first deployment in August 1942 at Guadalcanal thrusts him into triaging hundreds of casualties amid relentless Japanese assaults. With a shortage of doctors, Anderson is soon transferred to a PT boat. From Guadalcanal to the Solomon Islands and the pivotal battle of Leyte Gulf, he and his crew face submarines, surface ships, and aerial attacks from the dreaded Kawanishi flying boats. Ultimately, Anderson must lead a division of boats on a seemingly impossible mission against a Japanese battleship formation, discovering the true nature of his character along the way. Drawing from P. T. Deutermann's own experiences as a patrol gunboat commander in Vietnam, this narrative offers first-rate military adventure fiction.