War Beneath the Waves: A True Story of Courage and Leadership Aboard a World War II Submarine

In November 1943, while on war patrol in the Makassar Strait, the USS Billfish submarine was spotted by the Japanese, who launched a vicious depth charge attack. Explosions wracked the sub for fifteen straight hours. With his senior officers incapacitated, diving officer Charlie Rush boldly assumed command and led key members of the crew in a heroic effort to keep their ship intact as they tried to escape. Now, in War Beneath the Waves, this intense story is finally told in all its harrowing detail. It is an inspiring tale of one man's leadership and courage under fire, and of the remarkable efforts of a submarine crew to do their duty and save their ship.

About the Author :
Don Keith is the author of historical fiction, suspense thriller series, and stand-alone novels, as well as nonfiction historical works of World Warr II. His series of young adult/men's adventure novels co-written with Kent Wright are called the Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing Series. His first novel, The Forever Season, won the Alabama Library Association's "Fiction of the Year" award. He was a broadcast personality for over twenty years and was named by Billboard magazine "Radio Personality of the Year." Commander George Wallace received his commission in the US Navy and a degree in engineering from Ohio State University. After being interviewed by Admiral Rickover, he was accepted into the nuclear power and submarine communities. He served on two of Admiral Rickover's famous "Forty One for Freedom," the USS John Adams and the USS Woodrow Wilson, during which time he made nine one-hundred-day deterrent patrols through the height of the Cold War. Stephen Hoye has worked as a professional actor in London and Los Angeles for more than thirty years. Trained at Boston University and the Guildhall in London, he has acted in television series and six feature films and has appeared in London's West End. His audiobook narration has won him fifteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. Stephen Hoye has worked as a professional actor in London and Los Angeles for more than thirty years. Trained at Boston University and the Guildhall in London, he has acted in television series and six feature films and has appeared in London's West End. His audiobook narration has won him fifteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Review :
In capturing the terror of the situation, Hoye credibly portrays how men under such pressure can find themselves unable to think.-- "AudioFile" "Dealing equally with the hardware and the interpersonal dynamics of WWII submarining, Keith will inform and please both the rank newcomer to the subject and the well-read expert on it. Invaluable for the WWII submarine annals." -- "Booklist" "Narrator Stephen Hoye keeps himself from becoming subsumed in the characters and remains the storyteller...In capturing the terror of the situation, Hoye credibly portrays how men under such pressure can find themselves unable to think. Today we would recognize the condition as traumatic stress disorder." -- "AudioFile"