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Sink 'em all; submarine warfare in the Pacific

"FOREWORD By Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. NAVY For this factually accurate and technically correct account of operations of United States submarines in the Pacific in World War II no more appropriate title could have been chosen than Sink 'Em All, a statement easily confirmed by the record. As British airmen are credited with saving Britain in those critical days after Dunkirk, so our gallant submarine personnel filled the breach after Pearl Harbor, and can claim credit, not only for holding the line, but also for carrying the war to the enemy while our shattered forces repaired damages following the treacherous initial attack of the Japanese, and gathered strength for the long march to Tokyo. Because of the complete absence of publicity regarding our submarine operations during the war, and due to an understandable letdown in public interest in war news following the surrender of the Japanese in Tokyo Bay, the American public is largely unaware of their great debt to that relatively small but closely knit force which had, at its peak, not more than 4,000 officers and 46,000 men, of which number some 16,000 actually manned the submarines..." Digitized by Google.

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