{"product_id":"the-panay-incident-paperback","title":"The Panay Incident - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. Martin Shelton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a lazy Sunday afternoon on this twelfth of December, 1937. The American gunboat \u003cem\u003eUSS Panay\u003c\/em\u003e plows the slow-moving waters of the Yangtze off Nanking. The \u003cem\u003ePanay\u003c\/em\u003e patrols China's rivers to protect American interests in the chaos that engulfs the Middle Kingdom. Today, the Japanese army has fought to the gates of Nanking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese bomb explodes dead center atop the \u003cem\u003ePanay's \u003c\/em\u003ewheelhouse. Fire, shrapnel, and wood splinters rip into the commanding officer and all others on watch. The second bomb smashes into the quarterdeck. The Japanese aircraft press their assault. Forty-five minutes later, the \u003cem\u003ePanay's \u003c\/em\u003ebow dips under the Yangtze's surface and slowly settles on the riverbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough seriously wounded, Chief Radioman Mathew Marne survives and earns the Navy Cross for his exceptional heroism under fire. As known only by a few, Chief Marne is a naval intelligence agent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarne relays details of his now unclassified, special-intelligence assignments across the Far East in maw of Japanese aggression before and during World War II; his clandestine activities ashore, his actions in several Pacific sea-battles; his love for a Chinese woman and for a Navy nurse with an attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728055111743,"sku":"9780997977493","price":43.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/acae70d0a82af51f0e99406104aafa22.webp?v=1765117098","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-panay-incident-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}