The Bravest Man: Richard O'Kane and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang

Theres no margin for mistakes in submarines. Youre either alive or dead.
Richard OKane

Hailed as the ace of aces, captain Richard OKane, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his consummate skill and heroism as a submarine skipper, sank more enemy ships and saved more downed fliers than anyone else.

Now Pulitzer Prizewinning author William Tuohy captures all the danger, the terror, and the pulse-pounding action of undersea combat as he chronicles OKanes wartime careerfrom his valiant service as executive officer under Wahoo skipper Dudley Mush Morton to his electrifying patrols as commander of the USS Tang and his incredible escape, with eight other survivors, after Tang was sunk by its own defective torpedo.

Above all, The Bravest Man is the dramatic story of mavericks who broke the rules and set the pace to become a new breed of hunter/killer submariners who waged a unique brand of warfare. These undersea warriors would blaze their own path to victoryand transform the Silent Service into the deadliest fighting force in the Pacific.