Navy War Heroes #2

Lt. Ron Everett flies with the Pensacola-trained fighter pilots of the Fatback squadron, joking with his fellow jet jockeys on the carrier deck to hide the fear that grips him every time he takes to the air. When a dangerous ground support mission over enemy territory puts him in the crosshairs of anti-aircraft fire, Everett must overcome his paralyzing dread and discover whether the cowardice he's convinced himself he carries will break him when it matters most.

In the depths off the Pacific islands, Fishhead Brady and his underwater demolition team train to become something more than human—expert swimmers willing to sacrifice everything to clear pathways through coral and enemy defenses before the combat troops arrive. When Brady and his fellow volunteers are deployed to strike enemy shipping at the heavily fortified Japanese base of Rabaul, they must navigate shark-infested waters, evade enemy patrols, and place explosives with deadly precision while their air runs dangerously low. "The Silent Death" follows these expendable men of the Navy's UDT as they undertake a series of impossible missions that test the limits of courage and endurance in the silent world beneath the waves.

Pat Kendall spent years in the Navy's shore patrol, watching other men ship out to combat while he remained landlocked—until finally, in 1945, he gets his shot at sea duty as coxswain of a landing craft attached to an amphibious transport. When his ship drops anchor off Okinawa and Japanese kamikazes begin their deadly assault on the invasion fleet, Kendall's moment of glory arrives in the chaos of combat, where coolness under fire and devotion to his men become his true test.