Eight Survived

The Harrowing Story of the USS Flier and the Only Downed World War II Submariners to Survive and Evade Capture

By: Douglas A. Campbell

Narrated by: Chris Monteiro

The incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and evade enemy capture in WWII

On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier struck a mine in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines as it steamed along the surface. All but fifteen of the more than eighty-strong crew went down with the vessel. Of those left floating in the dark, eight survived by swimming for seventeen hours before washing ashore on an uninhabited island. The story of the Flier and its eight survivors is wholly unique in the annals of U.S. military history.

Eight Survived tells the gripping story of the doomed submarine and its crew from its first patrol, during which it sank several enemy ships, to the explosion in the Sulu Sea. Drawing on interviews with the survivors and on a visit to the jungle where they washed ashore—where a cast of fascinating characters helped the U.S. sailors evade the Japanese—Douglas Campbell fully captures the combination of extraordinary courage and luck that marked one of the most heroic episodes of World War II.

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Fight for survival

Very good book well told by the crew and the people evolved. Very hard to put the book down.

Not your average survival story.

I Really enjoyed this true survival story. Douglas Cambell did a lot of research to make this book come alive.
These eight sailor/soldiers went trhu an amazing journey, Luck and providence played a large part. The 3Great narration too..

She waswas transiting Balalbac Strait, south of Palawan, P.I. when disaster struck.
On August 19th. ngements were made for evacuation by submarine. On the night of 30 August the survivors from FLIER embarked in two small boats, and, having made their way safely around a Japanese merchant ship anchored near the rendezvous point, were picked up by REDFIN early in the morning of 31 August.

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Poor narration

Did not like the narrator. Sounded like AI and I did not like the flow. The story was OK.

Accurate but boring

Felt like narrator was reading the dictionary to me. No excitement or storytelling at all.