On Hell's Perimeters: Pacific Tales of Patrol Squadron 23 in World War II [Hardcover]

Don Klotz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002

The "Black Cats of the Navy" flew Hell's perimeters. Silhouetted against billowing white clouds and brightest blue skies, they soared in and out of some of the bloodiest and most costly battles in the Pacific. Here, for the first time, the PBY Catalina pilots and air crewmen of U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron 23 tell their epic World War II story.

Don Klotz, a former radioman-gunner in the squadron, is publisher of the "Black Cat Log" newsletter.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Eakin Press; 1 edition (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571686908
• ISBN-13: 978-1571686909
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,506,883 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book About World War II Courage, December 6, 2002

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This review is from: On Hell's Perimeters: Pacific Tales of Patrol Squadron 23 in World War II (Hardcover)

Based upon hundreds of interviews and his personal experience as a Radioman and Gunner for U.S. Navy VPB Patrol Squadron 23 in the Pacific during World War II, Don Klotz portrays in colorful fashion the heroism and sacrifices of the brave members of his PBY Squadron from a period prior to Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, to the time of surrender of the Japanese on the Battleship U.S.S. Missouri in 1945. At the time of his entry in the U.S. Navy, Don Klotz was only 17 years old, and when he was discharged in 1945 he was 20 years old, still too young to have a farewell alcoholic beverage with some of his former shipmates in a San Diego bar. It took Mr. Klotz more than 8 years to develop and chronicle the interviews and log entries of hundreds of members of his PBY Squadron, many of whom are now deceased.