Under a Blood Red Sun: The Remarkable Story of PT Boats in the Philippines and the Rescue of General MacArthur

by John J. Domagalski

The true story behind the exploits of the unit that was immortalized in the blockbuster 1945 movie They Were Expendable.

During the opening days of World War II in the Pacific, a small group of American sailors in the Philippines were propelled into the forefront of the fighting. They were manned with six small wooden torpedo (PT) boats and led by a courageous, larger-than-life character in Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley. The men of Torpedo Boat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612004075
• ISBN13: 9781612004075
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"