The skippers of those destroyers off Samar apparently had no doubts as to what had to be done. “Glory” is usually an inappropriate word when applied to war, man’s most horrific endeavor, but what the planes and the destroyers did that day was surely a moment of glory and unsurpassed valor. To this day, I remain in awe of them.
BOOKS BY P. T. DEUTERMANN
THE CAM RICHTER NOVELS
The Cat Dancers
Spider Mountain
The Moonpool
Nightwalkers
THRILLERS
The Firefly
Darkside
Hunting Season
Train Man
Zero Option
Sweepers
Official Privilege
SEA STORIES
Pacific Glory
The Edge of Honor
Scorpion in the Sea
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
PACIFIC GLORY. Copyright 2011 by P. T. Deutermann. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Deutermann, Peter T., 1941–
Pacific glory : a novel / P. T. Deutermann.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-59944-7
1. United States, Navy—Fiction. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, American—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3554.E887P33 2011
813'.54—dc22
2010041944
First Edition: March 2011
eISBN 978-1-4299-6803-4
First St. Martin’s Press eBook Edition: March 2011
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