A young Marine confronts the horrors of war and the jungle on Guadalcanal.

Through the fog of first combat, the nature of war in the Pacific is revealed.

The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Seven.

Two works by Commander Edward L. Beach—one a historical account, the other a classic novel of World War II—demonstrate how iron entered a submarine captain’s soul.

The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Six.  

Through Alex Kershaw’s description of Jesse DaSilva’s passage, we get a glimpse of the mental concentration and struggle necessary to escape a watery grave.

The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Five. 

On the ocean bottom, 180 feet below the surface, a harrowing life-and-death scene plays out inside the USS Tang. 

The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Four.

Facing their own demise, submarine-warfare pioneers Dudley “Mush” Morton and Richard O’Kane land a fatal blow.