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On April 23, 1943,<b> </b>the seventy-man crew of the USS<i> Grenadier</i><b> </b>scrambled to save their submarine—and themselves—after a Japanese aerial torpedo sent it crashing to the ocean floor. Miraculously, the men were able to bring the sub back to the surface, only to be captured by the Japanese.<br><br><i>No Ordinary Joes</i> tells the harrowing story of four of the <i>Grenadier</i>’s crew: Bob Palmer of Medford, Oregon; Chuck Vervalin of Dundee, New York; Tim McCoy of Dallas, Texas; a
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- Author
- Colton, Larry
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780609610435
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Naval
- Rating
- 4.04 / 5 (181 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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