Research Catalog

Title

We were pirates : a torpedoman's Pacific war / Robert Schultz and James Shell.

Author

Schultz, Robert, 1951 September 20-

Publication

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Shell, James, 1957-

Description

xiii, 212 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"A sailor's extraordinary experiences on board an American submarine in the Pacific are candidly reported in this eyewitness account of war from a torpedoman's perspective. Robert Hunt managed to survive twelve consecutive war patrols in the submarine USS Tambor. During the course of the war, Hunt was everywhere that mattered in the Pacific."--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Hunt, Robert, 1919-
• Hunt, Robert
• Tambor (Submarine)
• United States. Navy > Biography
• United States. Navy
• 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine
• World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean
• Submariners > United States > Biography
• Military campaigns
• Military operations, Naval > American
• Military operations, Naval > Submarine
• Submariners
• Marine
• Unterseeboot
• Soldat
• Pazifikkrieg 1941-1945
• Pacific Ocean
• United States
• USA

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"You never know who your neighbors are" -- Real war -- Tambor class -- War fervor -- "Point luck" : the Battle of Midway -- "Hot, straight, and normal" : at liberty in Pearl Harbor -- "Moving haven" : mission to the Philippines -- "Pirate poetry" : at liberty in Australia -- Close calls in the South China Sea -- The tenth mission : peril and the Navy Cross -- Wave the flag on Market Street -- "Echoes of the past."

ISBN

• 9781591147787
• 1591147786

LCCN

2009024610

OCLC

• ocn303061199
• 303061199
• SCSB-1525792

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library