Book Description About the Author James E. Wise Jr. (1930-2013) is the author or coauthor of many books including Shooting the War, Stars in Blue, Stars in the Corps, Stars in Khaki, and International Stars at War, Sole Survivors of the Sea, Sailor�s Journey into War, and ,James Arness, an autobiography that he helped Arness write. Read more Customers Review: I was through the U-505 in the early 70s when it was still outside. The $2 booklet from the museum is still floating around somewhere in the bookshelves so I had a basic idea of the capture story. This book is so much more. It has a little bit of background on the war, the battle of the Atlantic, the weapons systems used (both sides), as well as the capture & disposition of the sub since. Printed well on good paper.
So much more that a history of U-505 this book provides background on the U-Boat war from both Allied and German viewpoints. The photos are outstanding. I saw the U-505 at the Museum when it was outside so need to plan a trip back to see inside the exhibit.
Love this book seen the sub love it.
A lot of history about both the boat and the ASW task force.
Great History of the U-505 and getting it o Chicago. I have see it many times, starting in the early 1960’s
It was a reporters view of the overall event. Not much perasonal features. I served under him and he was a great personality.
Nice book for those who might want detail about submarine warfare and the capture of the sub as well as final resting place
We saw the sub at the MSI and was a great to see it in person, so you can feel like you we part of it, what they went throu and how they live,We did not buy the book why there and my husband wanted it so looking for it Amazon.com was the only site we found that had the book we wanted. U 505 was a great book for everyone……….. |
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