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CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Attack and Rescue 4 CHAPTER TWO Origins of the Submarine 12 CHAPTER THREE Submarines in Battle 18 CHAPTER FOUR A Changing Submarine Program 26 CHAPTER FIVE Life as a Submariner 36 Top Missions 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
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5 CHAPTER ONE ATTACK AND RESCUE Now docked in San Francisco Bay the Pampanito took part in a dramatic rescue mission during World War II Fifteen British and Australian soldiers clung to a makeshift raft bobbing in the South China Sea The men had no food or freshwater They also had no shelter from the sun and saltwater There was little chance of rescue It was September 14 1944 Three days earlier three US submarines had destroyed a convoy of Japanese ships and an oil tanker It was the height of
