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Under a Blood Red Sun

The Remarkable Story of PT Boats in the Philippines and the Rescue of General MacArthur

by John J. Domagalski
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The author of Into the Dark Water "balances scholarly research with accessible storytelling" to tell the heroic WWII account of Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 (Midwest Book Review).
During the opening days of World War II in the Pacific, a small group of American sailors in the Philippines were propelled into the forefront of the fighting against the navy and air power of Imperial Japan. They were manned with six small, wooden PT-boats and led by a courageous, larger-than-life character in Lt. John D. Bulkeley.
As America's defense of the Philippines crumbled under the weight of a massive Japanese assault, the courageous activities of Bulkeley's Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 made headlines across the United States—often as the only good news coming from the bleak Pacific front. The unit achieved everlasting fame by evacuating Gen. Douglas MacArthur from the front. Then, the squadron continued to fight on until all six of its torpedo boats were lost under fire. The fate of the doomed American defenders was sealed when the Japanese won the battle for the islands in the spring of 1942.
The exploits of the unit were immortalized in the blockbuster 1945 movie They Were Expendable, starring John Wayne and Robert Montgomery, but since then, the saga of Bulkeley and his men has slipped into history. Under a Blood Red Sun revives the story of the Philippine PT-boats through the intertwined accounts of Bulkeley and his subordinate officers and men. It is a story of the courage and sacrifice of men thousands of miles from their homeland, representing American gallantry and fighting prowess, giving the Japanese a taste of what was to come their way.

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    October 10, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9781612004099
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      • ISBN: 9781612004099
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    • English

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