The Expendable: The True Story of Patrol Wing 10, PT Squadron 3, and a Navy Corpsman Who Refused to Surrender When the Philippine Isla

by John Floyd

Book Overview

The Expendable is the true story of Charles Conrad Beckner, a young Navy corpsman confronting life and death in the opening battle of WWII in the Pacific. Charles leaves his Indiana sharecropper family and enlists in the Navy in 1939. After basic and clinical training as a hospital corpsman, Charles is posted to Ca acao Navy Hospital in the Philippine Islands. He is later assigned to Patrol Wing 10. In December 1941 he is serving as the independent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1734542101
• ISBN13: 9781734542103
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Trou de Lapin
• Length: 510 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"