Fightin' Navy #92

Bones Aragon turns nineteen on December 7, 1941—the day Pearl Harbor is attacked—and though wounded, he mans his destroyer's gun and fights through the chaos with raw courage. Reluctant when offered a path to officer's candidate school, Bones accepts his commission but struggles under shore patrol duty, hating every minute until he lands an assignment with the amphibious forces and finally gets the combat posting he's always wanted. This is the story of a natural fighting man learning what it really means to lead.

When a Motor Torpedo Squadron gets stranded six hundred miles from help after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Ensign Lang must take command of the marooned P.T. boats and adapt their naval firepower to an unexpected battleground—the jungles and mountains of Mindanao. Teaming up with Filipino resistance fighters, the young officer transforms his landlocked crews into a guerrilla force, scrounging fuel and weaponry to keep the fight alive against overwhelming odds. It's a tale of improvisation and determination as inexperienced sailors discover that a Navy crew can hold its own far from the open sea.

The USS Shark returns to port after a grueling patrol, and the crew braces for changes—until Ensign Jan Marinel, a celebrated pianist and actor, reports for duty as their sole replacement. When the submarine engages enemy vessels near Korea, Marinel freezes under fire, earning the captain's promise of transfer, but a live torpedo lodged in the ship's hull gives the young ensign an unexpected chance to prove his mettle demands the delicate hands of a musician.

During World War I, the crew of the U.S.S. Typhoon scores a direct hit on a German supply ship, but their victory is short-lived—enemy destroyers spot them and force the sub into a desperate dive toward the ocean floor. As depth charges rain down with crushing force, the men must endure suffocating heat, dwindling oxygen, and the constant terror of an attack that tests every fiber of their nerve while they wait in silence for their chance to surface.