Pacific Glory

  The skippers of those destroyers off Samar apparently had no doubts as to what had to be done. “Glory” is usually an inappropriate word when applied to war, man’s most horrific endeavor, but what the planes and the destroyers did that day was surely a moment of glory and unsurpassed valor. To this day, I remain in awe of them.

  BOOKS BY P. T. DEUTERMANN

  THE CAM RICHTER NOVELS

  The Cat Dancers

  Spider Mountain

  The Moonpool

  Nightwalkers

  THRILLERS

  The Firefly

  Darkside

  Hunting Season

  Train Man

  Zero Option

  Sweepers

  Official Privilege

  SEA STORIES

  Pacific Glory

  The Edge of Honor

  Scorpion in the Sea

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  PACIFIC GLORY. Copyright 2011 by P. T. Deutermann. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Deutermann, Peter T., 1941–

  Pacific glory : a novel / P. T. Deutermann.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

  ISBN 978-0-312-59944-7

  1. United States, Navy—Fiction. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, American—Fiction. I. Title.

  PS3554.E887P33 2011

  813'.54—dc22

  2010041944

  First Edition: March 2011

  eISBN 978-1-4299-6803-4

  First St. Martin’s Press eBook Edition: March 2011