PT Boat Odyssey - In the Pacific War with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16, 1943-1945

¿ During the Pacific War between the United States and Imperial Japanese navies, the author's father, Francis Gelzheiser, deployed with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16A, from New Orleans to Panama to Seattle and to Attu Island in the Aleutians. After their return voyage, the PT boats journeyed to New Guinea, then battled Japanese kamikazes for the Philippine Island of Mindoro.
Like many World War II veterans, Gelzheiser only shared his recollections of combat later in life. The author chronicles his father's experience, details the roles PT boats played in the war and examines why, despite America's overwhelming wartime manufacturing capacity, the Japanese believed they could still win the war.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

¿1.¿A Father's Workshop

¿2.¿December 7, 1941

¿3.¿The Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat

¿4.¿The Grand Adventure: The Voyage to Panama

¿5.¿PT Boat Squadron 16 and the War in Alaska

¿6.¿The Battle for New Guinea and the Motor Torpedo Boat Returns to the Philippines

¿7.¿American Production Versus the Japanese Spirit Warrior in World War II

¿8.¿Mindoro

¿9.¿The Battle for Manila and a Sailor's Journey into the Darkness

10.¿Father and Son, Confessions and a Sailor's Last Voyage

Afterword: Killing

Appendix A. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16 Honor Roll: Awards and Citations

Appendix B. Memorandum and Suggested Unit Citation Sent by Lieutenant Commander Davis to Rear Admiral Bowling

Chapter Notes

Bibliographic Note

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Robert P. Gelzheiser is a retired history teacher. He lives in Englewood, Florida.

Product details

• Authors: Robert P. Gelzheiser, Gelzheiser Robert P.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2019
• EAN: 9781476662640
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6264-0
• No. of pages: 303
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 535 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Military / Naval, Second World War, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Naval forces and warfare, Military & Naval Ships, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General