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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781476662640
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- Pt Boat Odyssey : in the Pacific War with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16, 1943-1945
- Publisher
- Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Subject
- Military / World War II, Military / Naval
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 18.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Number of Pages
- 303 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
1476662649
ISBN-13
9781476662640
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038368846
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
303 Pages
Publication Name
Pt Boat Odyssey : in the Pacific War with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16, 1943-1945
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Subject
Military / World War II, Military / Naval
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2019-014945
Reviews
"Nicely illustrated with black-and-white historical photos...extraordinary...impressively informative.... Expertly organized and presented...recommended"-- Midwest Book Review ; " PT Boat Odyssey serves as a good addition to the historiography of PT Boats as a whole and Squadron 16 in particular, providing a well written chronicle of one father's wartime experiences as told through the voice of his son. ...this work covers several often-overlooked aspects of PT Boat service during the Second World War, and offers an excellent ground level view into one man's experiences in the Aleutians, New Guinea, and on Mindoro"-- The Northern Mariner ., "Nicely illustrated with black-and-white historical photos...extraordinary...impressively informative.... Expertly organized and presented...recommended"-- Midwest Book Review " PT Boat Odyssey serves as a good addition to the historiography of PT Boats as a whole and Squadron 16 in particular, providing a well written chronicle of one father's wartime experiences as told through the voice of his son. ...this work covers several often-overlooked aspects of PT Boat service during the Second World War, and offers an excellent ground level view into one man's experiences in the Aleutians, New Guinea, and on Mindoro"-- The Northern Mariner "Robert Gelzheiser does an excellent job conveying the settings of the Pacific War, enabling the reader to understand the environment that his father and fellow sailors experienced."-- Military Review ., "Nicely illustrated with black-and-white historical photos...extraordinary...impressively informative.... Expertly organized and presented...recommended"-- Midwest Book Review ; " PT Boat Odyssey serves as a good addition to the historiography of PT Boats as a whole and Squadron 16 in particular, providing a well written chronicle of one father's wartime experiences as told through the voice of his son. ...this work covers several often-overlooked aspects of PT Boat service during the Second World War, and offers an excellent ground level view into one man's experiences in the Aleutians, New Guinea, and on Mindoro"-- The Northern Mariner ; "Robert Gelzheiser does an excellent job conveying the settings of the Pacific War, enabling the reader to understand the environment that his father and fellow sailors experienced."-- Military Review ., "Nicely illustrated with black-and-white historical photos...extraordinary...impressively informative.... Expertly organized and presented...recommended"-- Midwest Book Review ., "Robert Gelzheiser does an excellent job conveying the settings of the Pacific War, enabling the reader to understand the environment that his father and fellow sailors experienced."-- Military Review ., "Nicely illustrated with black-and-white historical photos...extraordinary...impressively informative.... Expertly organized and presented...recommended"-- Midwest Book Review, " PT Boat Odyssey serves as a good addition to the historiography of PT Boats as a whole and Squadron 16 in particular, providing a well written chronicle of one father's wartime experiences as told through the voice of his son. ...this work covers several often-overlooked aspects of PT Boat service during the Second World War, and offers an excellent ground level view into one man's experiences in the Aleutians, New Guinea, and on Mindoro"-- The Northern Mariner
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
940.545973
Table Of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Father's Workshop 2. December 7, 1941 3. The Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat 4. The Grand Adventure: The Voyage to Panama 5. PT Boat Squadron 16 and the War in Alaska 6. The Battle for New Guinea and the Motor Torpedo Boat Returns to the Philippines 7. American Production Versus the Japanese Spirit Warrior in World War II 8. Mindoro 9. The Battle for Manila and a Sailor's Journey into the Darkness 10. Father and Son, Confessions and a Sailor's Last Voyage Afterword: Killing Appendix A. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16 Honor Roll: Awards and Citations Appendix B. Memorandum and Suggested Unit Citation Sent by Lieutenant Commander Davis to Rear Admiral Bowling Chapter Notes Bibliographic Note Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Explores the history, construction, armament and tactics used by PT boats, and the development of the Japanese Kamikaze force and the role it played in the World War II. The author also examines the American production juggernaut and why, despite America's overwhelming production advantage, the Japanese believed that if their people possessed the proper will, they could still win the War., During the Pacific War between the United States and Imperial Japanese navies, the author's father, Francis Gelzheiser, deployed with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16A, from New Orleans to Panama to Seattle and to Attu Island in the Aleutians. After their return voyage, the PT boats journeyed to New Guinea, then battled Japanese kamikazes for the Philippine Island of Mindoro. Like many World War II veterans, Gelzheiser only shared his recollections of combat later in life. The author chronicles his father's experience, details the roles PT boats played in the war and examines why, despite America's overwhelming wartime manufacturing capacity, the Japanese believed they could still win the war.
LC Classification Number
D774.M67G45 2019
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