Adak

Adak
Author: Andrew C A Jampoler
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2011-11-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612510744

In the tradition of great tales of men against the sea, Adak offers a compelling look at courage and commitment in the face of certain tragedy. Alfa Foxtrot 586 was a P-3 Orion on station on a sensitive Cold War mission off the Kamchatka Peninsula on 26 October 1978. When a propeller malfunction turned into an engine fire, the pilot was forced to ditch his turboprop into the empty, mountainous seas west of the Aleutian Islands. The aircraft went down in just ninety seconds, taking one of the three rafts with it. Thirteen men launched the other rafts, the smallest of which—terribly overcrowded—soon began to leak, threatening the nine men aboard. This account of the flight crew's desperate battle against the sea, and the heroic efforts to rescue them provide an engrossing true story of survival.

My Life As a Spy

My Life As a Spy
Author: John A. Walker
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2010-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1615922040

What motivated a career naval officer to become a spy during the height of the Cold War? Over the years, statements by Walker have been reported in various publications, but Walker has never told his own story . . . until now.