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Escape from the Deep The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew - Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series Author: Alex Kershaw By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tang was legendary-she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued more downed airmen, and pulled off more daring surface attacks than any other Allied submarine in the Pacific. And then, on her fifth patrol, tragedy struck-the Tang was hit by one of her own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the ex...  more »plosion struggled to stay alive in their submerged ?iron coffin? one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface. While the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges, just nine of the original eighty-man crew survived a harrowing ascent through the escape hatch. But a far greater ordeal was coming. After being picked up by a Japanese patrol vessel, they were sent to a secret Japanese interrogation camp known as the ?Torture Farm.? They were close to death when finally liberated in August, 1945, but they had revealed nothing to the Japanese-not even the greatest secret of World War II.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9781410410627 ISBN-10: 1410410625 Publication Date: 10/17/2008 Pages: 337 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: Thorndike Press Book Type: Hardcover Large Print: Yes Members Wishing: 2 Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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