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air rescues
air-sea rescue
aircraft rescue vehicles
American naval history
Author_George D. Jepson
Category=NHW
Dair Long
downed pilots
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Filipinos
Higgins Boat Operators
humanitarian missions
Japanese air attacks
Marine Engine Maintenance
Miami Shipbuilding Company
naval nonfiction
P-399
Pearl Harbor aftermath
Red Alerts
rescue stories
sea rescues
South Pacific
typhoons
volunteer service
WWII history
WWII naval history
Product details
- ISBN 9781493059232
- Weight: 517g
- Dimensions: 162 x 239mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 2021
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is the compelling story of an American crash boat crewed by unknown heroes during World War II in the South Pacific, whose dramatic rescues of downed pilots and clandestine missions off Japanese-held islands were done at great peril and with little fanfare. It chronicles ordinary young men doing extraordinary things, told by Earl A. McCandlish, commander of the 63-foot crash boat P-399. Nicknamed Sea Horse, the vessel and her crew were credited with over 30 rescues, fought a fierce gun battle with enemy forces, experienced life from another age in isolated native villages, were ordered on boondoggle missions, and played a supporting role in America's return to the Philippines.
