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Pt 105
by Dick Keresey
ISBN: 1557504601
ISBN-13: 9781557504609
Format: Hardcover
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"Dick Keresey's description of events that produce effective PT officers in war is excellent and interesting. His accurate description of the PT boat itself and its actions in combat is something that has been lacking in previous books on the subject." -- John D. Bulkeley
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
Published date: 1996
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.15 pounds
Pages: 211
Publisher's Notes
Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast--the fastest craft on the water during World War II--and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their unique contributions to the war effort.
As captain of "PT 105", the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's "PT 109" was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats in the Pacific. Shot at more than 20 times, the author not only served as a PT officer in the Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville campaigns and the Choiseul Island raid, but developed and taught torpedo boat tactics after his combat service.
Keresey's experiences are still fresh in his memory, and he offers an action-filled account of life on a PT boat: evading deadly night bombers, rescuing coast watchers and downed airmen, setting down Marine scouts behind Japanese lines, engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters, all the while contending with heat, disease, and loneliness. Keresey recalls two occasions when Kennedy rescued him, and he describes "PT 105"'s controversial rescue of Japanese sailors and his own poignant reunion with one of those sailors 50 years later.
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Pt 105
Keresey, Dick
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 1557504601 . Xiv, 214 pages, illustrations, map, diagrams, cloth, DJ, very good. Stated first printing. From the dust jacket: "Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast--the fastest craft on the water during World War II--and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort. As captain of PT 105, the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's PT 109 was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats in the Pacific. Shot at more than twenty times, the author not only served as a PT officer in Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville campaigns and the Choiseul Island raid, but developed and taught torpedo boat tactics after his combat service. " EDN_42 ; 214 pages . ( more information) Offered by Military History Bookshop (United States)
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Pt 105
Dick Keresey
Naval Institute Press, 1996-05. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight DJ wear, like new otherwise. ( more information) Offered by Alegria Books (United States)
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Pt 105
Keresey, Dick
Bx-218: Naval Institute Press. 1996. Hardcover. 1557504601 . Hardcover. 8vo. Naval Institute Press. 1996. 211 pgs. DJ in excellent shape, unclipped and with no tears present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. BX-218; 0.8 x 9.3 x 6.25 Inches; 211 pages . ( more information) Offered by Mugwump Books (United States)
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PT 105
Keresey, Dick
U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1996 The Captain of PT 105 gives his account of his experiences during World War II in the Pacific - evading night bombers, rescuing coastwatchers and downedairmen, setting down marine scounts behind Japanese lines, and engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters. A clean, bright unread hardback in unclipped jacket which has long crease to inner front flap. 211 pages. Next post UK dispatch.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by YesterYear Books (United Kingdom)
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PT 105
Keresey, Dick
Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1996 211 pages b/w photos. First Edition. Buckram. As New/As New. ( more information) Offered by Hylands Bookshop (Australia)
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