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    PT 105
    PT 105
    PT 105
    Audiobook8 hours

    PT 105

    Written by Dick Keresey

    Narrated by Sean Pratt

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 4, 2017
    ISBN9781541477728
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    • 5/5
      Enjoyable WWII history by a guy who was there. This is a well told story of the adventures of one of the brave PT boat captains who served in the Pacific against the Japanese.It has lots of sad, amazing and funny tales of the reckless and miserable lives of these men. Highly recommended.
    • 3/5
      Curious misprint on the cover, didn't they mean "PT 109"?Good read for those interested in small craft in the Pacific War.