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Sailors' Journey into War: Captain James E. Wise, Jr. Hardcover – May 13, 1998

by Robert A Maher (Author), James E Wise Jr (Author)

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The mighty battle action fought between an American destroyer and a German U-boat north of the Azores Islands in late October, 1943, has been called the most spectacular surface battle since the days of John Paul Jones. Robert A. Maher was a young sailor who served on the Navy destroyer USS Borie DD215 in that battle, and his personal account of the war culminates in this decisive battle.

As leading fire-controlman and gun director pointer, Maher was stationed immediately above the bridge, where he had a clear view of events throughout the battle. In this nighttime action, the Borie rammed the German U-boat and became lodged across it. The crews of both ships opened fire at point-blank range with small arms and machine guns. The Americans were victorious, but the Borie was badly damaged and had to be abandoned.

Sailors’ Journey into War is also the story of young men taken from the comfort of their families and hometowns and cast into a war of unimaginable proportions. Like other young servicemen, they learned their jobs and went into combat with determination and often great courage. The book opens a window into the daily lives of Navy enlisted men and accurately reflects their attitudes both as raw recruits and as seasoned sailors at the end of the war.

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Maher and Wise tell a fairly common story, that of the U.S. citizen-sailor in World War II, exceptionally well, with dry wit, great frankness about the limitations of Maher (its subject), his shipmates, and his officers, and much invaluable detail about the pains and pleasures of wartime navy shipboard life. They also tell the story of the U.S. destroyer Borie, one of scores of antique World War I vintage "four-pipers" that were pressed into service to battle U-boats up and down the coast of the Americas, from New England to Brazil. With Maher part of her fire-control party, Borie eventually joined the Battle of the Atlantic and fought desperately with a U-boat. She sank the sub, in the process suffering fatal damage and losing 27 of the crew. A modest but exceptionally valuable World War II naval memoir. Roland Green

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The mighty battle action fought between an American destroyer and a German U-boat north of the Azores Islands in late October 1943 has been called the most spectacular surface battle since the days of John Paul Jones. Robert A. Maher was a young sailor who served on the Navy destroyer USS Borie DD215 in that battle, and his personal account of the war culminates in this decisive battle. The book opens a window into the daily lives of Navy enlisted men and accurately reflects their attitudes both as raw recruits and as seasoned sailors at the end of the war.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Kent State University Press; First Edition (May 13, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 228 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0873385837
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0873385831
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1050L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.14 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.19 x 0.77 x 9.2 inches

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- #6,045 in WWII Biographies
- #7,344 in Naval Military History
- #29,507 in World War II History (Books)

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J. J. Sims

USS Borie DD-215 vs German U-boat U-405 Memoir

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2017

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My cousin was one of the 27 men lost at sea during the battle between the USS Borie DD-215 and the German U-boat U-405. This is the second copy of this often difficult to find book that I have purchased. This one was for another distant cousin, a Navy Veteran as an introduction to a cousin he did not know he had. Regardless of any familial connection that might have drawn me to this book initially, it is a good read and an interesting look at the day to day activities of Navy personnel of WWII. From that "normal" everyday duty to the action of battle with German U-boat U-405 and its subsequent sinking to the scuttling of the Borie and the loss of 27 US sailors at sea in the cold Atlantic, this is an interesting and exciting memoir.

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trudy

I bought as a gift for my son. It ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2016

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I bought as a gift for my son. It was the ship my father was on in WWII. Now I need to get my self a copy.

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2010

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Very solid and interesting memoir written by WWII veteran Robert Maher and co-author James E. Wise, who also co-authored Shooting the War by U-boat sailor Otto Giese. Like alot of WWII memoirs the book begins briefly with the authors life pre-military service. Bored with his low level NYC insurance job the author joins the navy pre-wwII navy and is assigned to an old WW1 era four stacker destroyer the USS Borie. When war breaks out the Borie is assigned to patrols on both sides of the Panama Canal. Robert begins training as a fire control director and as the memoir progresses the crew of the Borie soon become proficient sailors. A number of Roberts and his fellow sailors experiences are described here and the stories, such as liberty or accidently ramming a whale are interesing and told well. Eventually the Borie is assigned escort duty for convoys in the Atlantic and Mediteranean however it is then decided to make the Borie an escort in a U-Boat hunter-killer group centered around the US carrier USS Card. Here the focus of the memoir changes from being centered around Bob to more about telling the story of this very successful group. The memoir ends with with a very unusual battle between the Borie and the german submarine U-405. This part of the book is quite compelling and during the fight the Borie at one point rams the U-boat but eventually becomes free. The U-boat is eventually sunk however the Borie is so damaged that she eventually needs to be scuttled and some of Borie crew are lost in the cold ocean. Two things that really resonated with me was that Bob is from Kearny New Jersey, a town close to me but also the fact that my uncle Angelo was a sailor on another destroyer in the group, the USS Goff, and I remember him telling me how they rescued many of the Borie crew which Robert backs up in his book. The battle of the Borie and the U-405 eventually became a several page article in Life magazine. I also remember reading once that the ending of the Robert Mitchum movie, The Enemy Below, was based on this event. Although I could never get my uncle to talk enough about his experiences Roberts memoir really fleshes out the story in a way that Life or Wikipedia cannot do. As for the book my only critique, which is a small one, is that some passages seemed to me at least to need a little better editing. One thing that I liked is that there are a number of great photos provided by the author and thru archives research scattered throughout the book. If this sounds interesting to you I definately recommend that you pick this book up! - I wonder if Robert Maher is still around today ?

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Rebecca Megesi

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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2015

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Nice!

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