Submarine Diary: The Silent Stalking of Japan
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557505829 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.
earned three Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, a Navy Commendation and 13 battle stars during his 20 year Navy career. Corwin Guy Mendenhall Jr. . He rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and later worked as a manager for Texas Instruments before his death in 2006
Beginning his combat career as a junior ensign and rising to the rank of lieutenant commander, he served variously as navigator, torpedo officer and executive officer over the course of 11 action-packed patrols, seven aboard USS Sculpin , four aboard USS Pintado. In his low-key journal the retired rear admiral describes stalking enemy convoys, coping with unexpected engineering problems and dangerous accidents at sea, surviving air and depth-charge attacks--and not so incidentally sending some 30 Japanese warships and merchant vessels to the bottom. . Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Photos. The cost was high: 22% of American submariners were lost in battle. From Publishers Weekly The men in the U.S. Mendenhall's diary reveals in vivid detail what it was like to fight the submarine war in the Pacific. submarine service comprised less t
Submarine Diary Review Joe Sabella Corwin Mendenhall's book, "Submarine Diary: The Silent Stalking of Japan" gives the reader a unique look into the daily operations of a WWII Fleet submarine stalking Japanese ships in the Pacific. The insight is unique because although Mendenhall was an officer aboard the USS Sculpin and then the USS Pintado, he was "an enlisted man's officer" and he tells the story of his patrols aboard these submarines from that perspective. I enjoyed reading this book because at one moment it relates the daily grind of serving on a sub and the next moment, it explodes with action as an enemy ship is spott. "Three Stars" according to Alfred J. Trimble. Quite accurate but not to be read for pure enjoyment.. Jeffrey Leeper said Words from the Silent Service. From the inside of a submarine, the ocean passes you by. The input you have comes from sonar and the periscope. Rather than give us another tale of submarine exploits, Mendenhall provides us with a war perspective from the men in the machine. This is an interesting WWII narrative.Rather than taking a retrospective look as an admiral (Mendenhall is a retired rear admiral), this narrative is taken from his diary from his submarine missions as a junior officer and an executive officer. He discusses the routines and the fighting, as well as gives the sailors' perspective. He also discusses the f