Most World War II submarine stories are glorifications of war
written by submarine captains about their own boats. The USS
Pampanito, however, was not a typical submarine. The sub and its
crew caused plenty of destruction, but they found the pinnacle of
their honor and fame in a dramatic sea rescue. Gregory F. Michno
relates the experiences of the crewmen -- both enlisted men and
officers -- who served on the USS Pampanito.
The Pampanito story begins with the boat's construction in 1943,
continues through its six combat missions, and concludes with its
decommissioning after the war in 1945. The heart of the book is the
September 12, 1944, attack on a Japanese convoy carrying English
and Australian POWs from the Burma-Siam Railway (of Bridge on the
River Kwai fame) to prison camps in Japan. The Pampanito helped
sink two of the prison ships, unwittingly killing hundreds of
Allied soldiers, but then returned to rescue the victims. The crew
picked a record seventy-three men from the sea.
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