WW2 Sub movies and books

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by sabot

Have read the Kane book and Blind Man's Bluff.


Currently reading Submarine Commander by Captain Paul R. Schratz. He takes the reader thru his certification for his dolphins at the beginning of WWII, his experiences during the WWII Patrols culminating with the patrols during the Korean Conflict.


I've got "The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan" by Scott James in the ready rack. The book follows three sub and their skippers.


USS Silverside
• Creed Burlingame— patrols 1– 5 (December 1941– July 1943)
• John Coye— patrols 6– 11 (July 1943– November 1944)

USS Drum
• Robert Rice— patrols 1– 3 (November 1941– November 1942)
• Bernard McMahon— patrols 4– 7 (November 1942– October 1943)
• Delbert Williamson— patrols 8– 9 (October 1943– June 1944)
• Maurice Rindskopf— patrols 10– 11 (June 1944– November 1944)

And of course....

USS Tang
• Richard O’Kane— patrols 1– 5 (October 1943– October 1944)

Been working thru The Pacific Crucible by Ian Toll, and there are passages about the role of subs in the pacific theater, but I’m just after pearl Harbor and before Midway in the book so more to follow on how Toll addresses submarine warefare.

The War Below sounds interesting.I have a special place for the Drum(grew up in FL, 50 miles from here in Mobile, visited many times and stop nearly everytime I drive back home to FL from Louisiana. Actually when I got home in a few weeks for great grandfather's birthday, assuming he feels up to it, we are supposed to go over to the park to see her and the Alabama.) so would like to know more about her patrols.