Down to the Sea, Bruce Henderson
Down to the Sea, Bruce Henderson
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Down to the Sea
An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War II

Author: Bruce Henderson

Narrator: Jon Waters

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/26/2022

Synopsis

This epic story opens at the hour the Greatest Generation went to war on December 7, 1941, and follows four US Navy ships and their crews in the Pacific until their day of reckoning three years later with a far different enemy: a deadly typhoon. In December 1944, while supporting General MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey neglected the Law of Storms, placing the mighty US Third Fleet in harm's way. Drawing on extensive interviews with nearly every living survivor and rescuer, as well as many families of lost sailors, transcripts and other records from naval courts of inquiry, ships' logs, personal letters, and diaries, Bruce Henderson finds some of the story's truest heroes exhibiting selflessness, courage, and even defiance.

About Bruce Henderson

Bruce Henderson is the author or coauthor of more than twenty nonfiction books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller And the Sea Will Tell, with Vincent Bugliosi, and Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War. An award-winning journalist and author, Bruce is a member of the Authors Guild and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He has taught reporting and writing courses at the USC School of Journalism and Stanford University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joshua on November 18, 2017

Absolutely incredible read. Often, when reading history, I do not draw a strong connection to the people involved because I already know the outcome. While I was not familiar with all of the intricacies of this particular piece of history, I was dreading finishing this book because the author abilit......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 05, 2015

A solid and informative recounting of the active duty and unfortunate sinking of three U.S. destroyers, with huge loss of life, by a strong typhoon off of the Philippines near the end of WWII. Some very good anectdotes and personal interest material. Made me reassess my view of Halsey. My father and......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on January 28, 2016

This book is almost good. What is amazing is some of the vignettes in this well researched books of extreme bravery, resilience and honor exhibited by most of the participants in this storm driven debacle. I did not like the organization of first half of the book though. The author talks for a page......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 04, 2024

A well written, interesting story of the Pacific war seen mostly from the perspective of destroyer and destroyer escorts, the smallest combat ships in the Third Fleet, and their unique stability problems in rough seas . The author tells the early years of the war for the USS Monahgan, Spence and Hul......more

Goodreads review by Tom on May 14, 2021

Down to the Sea briefly covers the Dec 7th attack on Pearl Harbor and continues with some of the crew of three destroyers that sink in a typhoon. These three ships are part of Admiral Halsey's fleet. Dec 17-18th, 1945 are the severe days of the typhoon and this section of the historic retelling is g......more

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