A01=James K. Keresey
Author_James K. Keresey
Battle of Bougainville
Battle of Choiseul Island
Battle of New Georgia
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coast watchers
Dick Keresey
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Guadalcanal campaign
John F. Kennedy
night bombers
Pacific theater
Pacific War
PT 105
PT 109
PT boats
World War II
Product details
- ISBN 9781557504692
- Weight: 353g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 02 Oct 2003
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast--the fastest craft on the water during World War II--and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort. As captain of PT 105, the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's PT 109 was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats that draws on the author's experience at Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Choiseul Island. Action-filled, his account describes evading night bombers, rescuing coast watchers and downed airmen, setting down Marine scouts behind Japanese lines, engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters, and contending with heat, disease, and loneliness. First published in 1996, the book has been hailed for telling an exciting yet fully accurate story.
