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Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Foreword | p. 1 |
Foreword | p. 3 |
Preface | p. 5 |
Qualifying for the Submarine Service | |
Boot Camp | p. 7 |
Specialty School | p. 11 |
Submarine School | p. 13 |
Building the Puffer and the Bonding of the Crew | |
Submarines in Wisconsin | p. 16 |
Building the Puffer | p. 18 |
Plank Owners | p. 22 |
The Bonding of the Crew | p. 29 |
Down the Mississippi River | p. 30 |
Final Training and on to Brisbane | p. 32 |
The Initial Officers of the Puffer | |
Commander Marvin J. Jensen | p. 34 |
Franklin G. Hess | p. 36 |
Lawrence G. Bernard | p. 38 |
Carl R. Dwyer | p. 40 |
William M. Pugh II | p. 41 |
Walter Mazzone | p. 41 |
Kenneth Dobson | p. 42 |
The Political, Physiological and Psychological | |
Torpedo Politics | p. 43 |
The Physical Environment | p. 45 |
Lack of Light | p. 47 |
Sleep Deprivation and Irregular Sleep | p. 47 |
Perception of Time | p. 48 |
Heat and Humidity | p. 48 |
Hypoxia and Carbon Dioxide Poisoning | p. 50 |
Adrenaline | p. 51 |
Summary | p. 52 |
The First War Patrol Beginnings | |
Repairs and Rest at Brisbane | p. 54 |
The First Attack | p. 56 |
Bad Weather and Disaster | p. 58 |
The Depth Charging of the Puffer | |
The Dangerous Escorts | p. 61 |
Caught at Periscope Depth | p. 64 |
Heat and Humidity Rise | p. 68 |
Sinking Deeper | p. 70 |
Waiting It Out | p. 72 |
Decision Time | p. 73 |
Surface! Surface! | p. 76 |
The Puffer's Return | p. 78 |
Awards | p. 80 |
The Second War Patrol | |
Distorted History | p. 81 |
Corrected History | p. 82 |
New Crew and Boat Repairs | p. 84 |
The New Commander | p. 86 |
Departure for Subic Bay | p. 87 |
The First Attack | p. 88 |
Frustration Again | p. 89 |
Waiting for Action | p. 90 |
No Christmas Presents | p. 92 |
Happy New Year | p. 93 |
Deck Gun Action | p. 95 |
The Third War Patrol | |
New Crew Members and Training | p. 98 |
Lombok and Makassar Straits | p. 101 |
Invasion Scare | p. 102 |
A Second Chance | p. 103 |
A Dangerous Destroyer | p. 110 |
No Contacts and Return to Fremantle | p. 112 |
R & R at Perth and Fremantle | |
Companionship and Craziness | p. 114 |
The Extreme | p. 116 |
The Tragic | p. 117 |
The Fourth War Patrol | |
New Crew Members | p. 120 |
Repairs and More Repairs | p. 121 |
Lifeguard Duty | p. 124 |
Tawi Tawi - Carrier Carrier | p. 130 |
Tanker Tanker | p. 134 |
Mechanical Troubles | p. 138 |
Resistance in the Sibutu Passage | p. 139 |
Friendly Natives | p. 140 |
Awards | p. 140 |
The Fifth War Patrol | |
New Men and New Equipment | p. 142 |
Return to the Makassar Strait | p. 144 |
Shallow Water | p. 147 |
Sibutu Passage | p. 149 |
Basilan Strait Attack | p. 153 |
Torpedo Transfer | p. 154 |
Cape Calavite Attack | p. 156 |
Another Assignment? | p. 161 |
Awards | p. 162 |
30 Days Leave | p. 162 |
The Sixth War Patrol | |
A New Commander and a Larger Crew | p. 166 |
New Weapons and Technology | p. 170 |
Waikiki Bound | p. 171 |
Okinawa | p. 177 |
Dive! Dive! | p. 180 |
Heavy Seas and Heavy Action | p. 181 |
A Trap | p. 186 |
R & R at Guam | p. 187 |
The Seventh War Patrol | |
A Full Boat and Refit | p. 189 |
Lifeguard Duty | p. 192 |
A Near Miss | p. 193 |
Man Overboard! | p. 196 |
Thirsty Lookouts | p. 197 |
Air Support | p. 200 |
Junks | p. 201 |
Artillery Action | p. 203 |
Return to Saipan | p. 203 |
Midway via Wake | p. 206 |
R & R at Midway | |
Arrival | p. 211 |
Fun and Games | p. 213 |
Navy Cross | p. 216 |
Victory in Europe Day | p. 220 |
Training | p. 220 |
Good-Bye | p. 224 |
The Eighth War Patrol | |
More Personnel Changes | p. 226 |
Back to Saipan | p. 229 |
Back to War | p. 231 |
Tragedy | p. 233 |
The South China Sea | p. 235 |
Java Sea and Bali | p. 237 |
Fremantle | p. 240 |
R & R in Perth | p. 241 |
The Ninth War Patrol | |
The Last Departure | p. 248 |
The Numbers Game | p. 251 |
Peace | p. 254 |
The Last Loss | p. 256 |
Back to the States | |
54 or Bust | p. 258 |
Subic Bay Wait | p. 260 |
Off to Pearl Harbor | p. 267 |
San Francisco | p. 275 |
Navy Day Celebration | p. 277 |
Home Again | p. 279 |
What Next? | p. 282 |
Postwar Service | |
Hawaii | p. 284 |
Seattle | p. 289 |
The End of the Puffer | p. 292 |
Reunions | p. 293 |
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations | p. 295 |
List of Awards | p. 301 |
Summary of Claimed Successful Attacks | p. 303 |
Postwar Puffer Service Roster | p. 306 |
Bibliography | p. 309 |
Index | p. 315 |
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