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Devil Boats: The PT War Against Japan | 
 enlarge | Author: William Breuer
Publisher: Presidio Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 942047
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0891415866
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5426
EAN: 9780891415862
ASIN: 0891415866
Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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Condition: Lots of shelf wear, may contain some notes or highlighting, corners/edges worn and bent, may not include companion materials like cdroms or access codes.
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Product Description
The U.S. Navy's PT boats became the scourge of Japanese coastal shipping in the World War II Pacific.
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Ivy leaguers and jocks trade in their daddy's yachts. May 30, 2007
Ryan Fisher (Santa Maria, CA, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Devil Boats is a chronicle, albeit not a voluminous one, of the exploits of the men of the PT "Devil" boats of WWII.
William Breuer tells the highlights of the adventures of these Ivy league, jock sailors who traded their yachts and sports careers for the dangers of the Pacific Theater.
Breuer's story follows the course of PT boat action from Pearl Harbor and MacArthur's escape to the sad days at war's end when a indifferent U.S. Navy burned and scuttled much of what remained of the storied boats.
Devil Boats also recounts the legacies of many of the crews of the PT squadrons who in later life would go on to fill the highest offices in government and civilian realms.
Not the scholarly work that researchers often seek, Devil Boats remains however and iconic book reminiscent of most WWII stories published in the few decades that followed.
Overall, a fun and short read.
REVIEW EVERY BOOK YOU READ, AUTHORS DESERVE YOUR OPINIONS.
Good Overview of PT Boat Stories September 26, 2000
Rory Aylward (Somewhere in Afghanistan ...)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Historian William Breuer has produced a popular, anecdotal history of the PT Boat in WWII. It's a good, enjoyable read that gives the reader a broad overview of what the boats did and what kind of people manned them. If you are interested in PT Boats, this is an excellent place to start, but keep in mind you are skimming the surface.Highly recommended as a companion book is Victor Chun's pictorial history of American PT Boats in WWII. For more detailed PT stories, try Dick Keresey's "PT-105" or track down a copy of "At Close Quarters."
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