The Castaway's War

In the early hours of July 5, 1943, the destroyer USS *Strong* was hit by a Japanese torpedo. The powerful weapon broke the destroyer's back, flooded her engine room, killed dozens of sailors, and sparked raging fires. While accompanying ships were able to rescue most of *Strong* 's surviving crewmen, scores were submerged in the ocean as the shattered warship sank beneath the waves--and a young officer's harrowing story of survival began.

Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author's exclusive interviews with key participants, *The Castaway's War* tells the entirely unique and very personal tale of Navy Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller's fight for survival against both a hostile environment and an implacable human enemy.