Japanese Were Terrified Of America’s PT Boats That Struck At Night Discover the untold story of America's daring PT boat crews who terrorized Japanese naval forces in the Pacific during World War II. This gripping historical documentary reveals how small 77-foot wooden torpedo boats, crewed by young volunteers averaging just 22 years old, challenged the Imperial Japanese Navy's dominance of nighttime waters around Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. Learn how these "mosquito boats" used speed,
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