Eight Survived
by Douglas A. Campbell
"The Harrowing Story of the USS Flier and the Only Downed World War II Submariners to Survive and Evade Capture"
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Eight Survived Book Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Submarines
Military Unit:
US Navy
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Asia
Page Count:
304
Published Date:
2018
ISBN13:
9781493032853
Eight Survived Book Description
"On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines as it steamed along the surface. All but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went down with the vessel. Of those left floating in the dark, eight survived by swimming for seventeen hours before washing ashore on an uninhabited island. The story of the Flier and its eight survivors is wholly unique in the annals of U.S. military history."--Amazon.com.