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  • The Hooligans

  • A Novel (World War II Navy, Book 7)
  • Written by: P. T. Deutermann
  • Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
  • Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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The Hooligans

Written by: P. T. Deutermann
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
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A gripping and authentic World War II naval adventure by a master storyteller

The Hooligans fictionalizes the little-known but remarkable exploits of “The Hooligan Navy” that fought in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Loosely-organized in fast moving squadrons, PT (patrol torpedo) boats were the pesky nemesis of the formidable Japanese navy, dubbed “the mosquito fleet” and “devil boats” for their daring raids against warships, tankers, and transport ships.

After the Pearl Harbor raid plunges America into war, young surgical resident Lincoln Anderson enlists in the Navy medical corps. His first deployment comes in August 1942 at Guadalcanal, when after a brutal sea battle and the landing of Marines on the island, Anderson finds himself triaging hundreds of casualties under relentless Japanese air and land attacks.

But with the navy short of doctors, soon Anderson is transferred to serve aboard a PT boat. From Guadalcanal to the Solomon Islands to the climactic, tide-turning battle of Leyte Gulf, Anderson and the crew members of his boat confront submarines and surface ships, are attacked from air by the dreaded Kawanishi flying boats, and hunted by destroyers. In the end, Anderson must lead a division of boats in a seemingly-impossible mission against a Japanese battleship formation - and learn the true nature of his character.

Informed by P. T. Deutermann’s own experience as a commander of a patrol gunboat in Vietnam, The Hooligans is first-rate military adventure fiction.

©2020 P. T. Deutermann. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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An Unexpected Treat! Best P.T. Deutermann's novel

I have listened to all P.T. Deutermann's seven WW 2 novels. It was a real surprise to find that another one was on the way. I knew that if it was about the WW II navy and P.T. Deutermann wrote it; it would be good. However, this one blew me away. it was different in that events of the Pacific Naval battles were told were told through a Medical Doctor who was completing his 3rd year of residency of a 7 year program to become a Surgeon. Without being a qualified as a Surgeon, he is thrown into some of the most brutal battles of the Pacific. His battle with the Naval Medical Bureaucracy was itself a fascinating subplot. However, when he gets relegated to the PT Boats as their Doctor; our hero gets into the middle of some of wildest naval actions of that war. Besides turning out to be a brilliant surgeon; he demonstrates a real feel for military strategy.
I couldn't stop listening. It has a fantastic ending as well.
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