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A national bestseller when it was originally published in 1942 and the subject of a 1945 John Ford film featuring John Wayne, They Were Expendable offers an account of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three's heroic actions during the disastrous Philippine campaign early in World War II. The author uses an unusual and effective format to tell the story: an interview with the four young survivors whose names are forever linked with the tragedy - John Bulkeley, Robert Kelly, Anthony Akers, and George Cox. Deeply moving, it describes Squadron Three's brave exploits, from the first appearance of Japanese planes over Manila Bay to its calamitous end, including a thrilling account of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's escape from Bataan.
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Thomas Bach
reviewed They Were Expendable on February 04, 2013
They Were Expendable
The movie was better.
The writing style is a very linear extrapolation of the "events" that MTB Squadron 3 experienced during the early part of the US involvement in the Second World War. As it is portrayed as a factual account of the experiences of this action the tone of the book propagandizes these events. In the context of the time frame in which the book was written this is understandable but to a reader in current times that does not understand this context the book would appear wooden and 2 dimensional.
It is, however, an interesting book if one did some research and gained a broader context in which this book was written.
Recommend looking up John D. Bulkeley as his life is very interesting.
Recommend At Close Quarters by John D. Bulkeley.
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