For all those who would like to know who was the real life model for Herman Wouk's Pug Henry: according to Arnold Krammer's book "Undue Process" (page 31) Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Ringle was the model for heroic protagonist Victor Henry.
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Just because you've never heard of him doesn't mean anything. Look up Lt. Commander K.D. Ringle. Also look up Louis L. Snyder.
That a single person would predict the every move of Germany was not Wouk's intention. Instead, it was to show WWII through the eyes of an American Family. The only thing that Pug actually predicted was the Hitler-Stalin pact. Even he admits, though, that it was a matter of odds that someone would predict the pact--he was just the one who struck gold, and he happened to work for the Navy Department.
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he predicted that using American escorts in the convoy would prevent the Germans from attackingAs a military adviser, it was his job to offer a scenario. He offered both.
he accurately predicted that the UK would win the Battle of BritainThat was General Tillet, not Pug.
the Japs would attack the USHe wasn't the only person in that time period to predict it. What would have been impressive, though, was had he said "The Japanese will attack Pearl Harbor because..." We had cut off their oil supply and negotiations were stalled. Even observers of the period noted it was only a matter of time. The fact that we, as Americans, failed to set up nets around our bases for subs and keep a watch out for enemy activity was our fault. We allowed it to happen.
of course Wouk was writing from hindsight but it cheapens both the book and this show- its totally pretentious.And how many books have you read by current writers that don't do the same thing? In W.E.B. Griffin's series The Corps, he has a corporal who suddenly gets put into the middle of the action because he was in the right place at the right time. This character, Ken McCoy, speaks 3 languages, and after he saves the life of a Captain and a Lieutenant, he's shipped off to OCS. Later, he meets the son of a millionaire who had served in WWI. They become best buds, and now former Corporal McCoy (now Lieutenant), is being used for espionage in the OSS. That character finds himself in the middle of Pearl Harbor, the assault on Batan, Guadalcanal, and in later books major assaults during the Korean Conflict.
"Pug predicted more than that- he predicted that using American escorts in the convoy would prevent the Germans from attacking, he accurately predicted that the UK would win the Battle of Britain and the Japs would attack the US. Everything he says beforehand comes true- of course Wouk was writing from hindsight but it cheapens both the book and this show- its totally pretentious."
Didn't you say you like Tom Clancy? Why do you have a problem with Pug Henry's record but not Jack Ryan?
Tubs is a troll.
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