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I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine duringWorld War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told-free of anyrevisionism or cynicism-and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert forsharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult andexciting time. -President George Bush "Hardened old sub vet that I am, I still felt the need for twoweeks R&R after reliving Jim's only too realistic warpatrolling adventures." -C. W. Nimitz, Jr., Rear Admiral, USN(Ret.) "I believe it is the best personal account yet written on U. S. submarine operations in the Second World War. [Calvert] writes withlucidity and a rare candor. We get an extraordinary sense of whatit was like, feeling the tensions and emotions, sharing thesuccesses and disappointments, ... This is a true story with tealpeople, always gripping and sometimes tender. It is exciting toread and hard to put down. -J. L. Holloway, Admiral, USN (Ret.)President, Naval Historical Society, Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-1978. "I knew Jim Calvert Throughout the war, and in this book he hastold the submarine story in a way that catches the flavor and tangof the real thing. This is the way it really was." -Frederick B. Warder, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) Legendary W. W. II skipper of theSeawolf. | Silent Running by James F. Calvert, Paperback | Indigo Chapters