The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
Author: Peter Maas
On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America’s newest submarine, plunged into the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, their ultimate fate would depend upon one man, U.S. Navy officer Charles “Swede” Momsen — an extraordinary combination of visionary, scientist, and man of….Read More
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