No Ordinary Joes
The Extraordinary True Story of Four Submariners in War and Love and Life
Old Saybrook : Tantor Media, 2010.
Format: Eaudiobook
Description: 1 sound file : digital.
Their names were Bob Palmer, Gordy Cox, Tim McCoy, and Chuck Vervalin, and in 1941, when they joined the navy, they were not trying to prove their patriotism---they were just looking for a job that would provide "three hots and a cot."But on April 22, 1943, the war took a terrible turn for them. While on patrol deep in enemy waters, their submarine, the USS Grenadier, was torpedoed and sent crashing to the ocean floor...
Subjects:
Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000.
Cox, Gordy.
McCoy, Tim, 1924-
Vervalin, Chuck.
Grenadier (Submarine)
Submariners -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000.
Cox, Gordy.
McCoy, Tim, 1924-
Vervalin, Chuck.
Grenadier (Submarine)
Submariners -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781400197996 (electronic audio bk.)
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Eaudiobook
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Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 12:47:47.
Electronic resource.
Read by Robert Fass.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 12:47:47.
Electronic resource.
Read by Robert Fass.
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 183907 KB; MP3 file size: 360432 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.