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Narrated by:
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Sean Pratt
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By:
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Dick Keresey
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.
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Great Audible narration of an interesting story
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If you could sum up PT 105 in three words, what would they be?
Exciting Naval storyWhat did you like best about this story?
The author had a great experience with the PT boat's story from the beginning, and then was stationed throughout the war in key campaigns.Which scene was your favorite?
Hard to say , from the trials and tribulations of training, to the battle accounts, they are all very good and the book flows almost as effortlessly and with as much excitement, as the its namesake boat in the title.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The author generated empathy in me as he told of a number of quite humorous incidents and with honesty and candor in the light it showed him.in and how the loss of friends affected himAny additional comments?
The narration was one of the best I have ever heard in an Audio book You will think you're listening to the author extemporaneously spinning tales of his time in the war.A great first hand account of PT boat action
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Phenomenal
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A Great War story!!
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Firsthand account, moving, real, raw
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Well worth listening to.
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I'd noticed in recent years that a denigration of PTs and their role in the conflict had emerged and seemed to have become predominant. I accepted this revisionism suspecting that JFK's appearance in American history had led to a natural inflation of the role of small boats in that vast fight.
I'd seen revision of the air war in Europe, the diminution of The Battle of Britain,and so much more over the years. I am not an expert and am a man of my times so I tended to accept the new critiques.
However, so many of these modern accounts and estimates were written in reaction to the early versions of WWII turned out to have less value than I had been led to believe. They were also often heavily seasoned with a newfound animosity towards the West and all of its works. Keresey put the PT contribution to victory in context with his first-hand understanding and long term study.
As an example, his discussion of Kennedy, a man that he served with and whose abilities he was in a position to asses rings true. He makes no more of Kennedy than he deserves, but Kennedy deserves admiration as do so many of his peers and fellow sailors. The amount of ink spilled on JFK is perfect and necessary and this is indicative of Keresey's presntation of so much in the book. From coast watchers to small unit USMC actions to the handling of POWs everything seems to be given its just weight.
I was very sorry to finish the book. The reader was also excellent. A problem that was present for me was the Obamaish pronunciation of the word corpsman. It is a conspicuous failure on the part of the editor and a very sad statement on the public's general knowledge of the American military
A unique contribution to an area of war literature
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Highly Recommend!
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Highly recommended I couldn't stop listening!
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