No Ordinary Joes: The Extraordinary True Story of Four Submariners in War and Love and Life

by Larry Colton

Book Overview

On April 23, 1943, the seventy-man crew of the USS Grenadier scrambled to save their submarine--and themselves--after a Japanese aerial torpedo sent it crashing to the ocean floor. Miraculously, the men were able to bring the sub back to the surface, only to be captured by the Japanese. No Ordinary Joes tells the harrowing story of four of the Grenadier 's crew: Bob Palmer of Medford, Oregon; Chuck Vervalin of Dundee, New York; Tim McCoy of Dallas,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609610430
• ISBN13: 9780609610435
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"