Ghosts of Honolulu

A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

De: Mark Harmon

Narrado por: Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll

Duración: 7 h y 55 m

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"A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." — Publishers Weekly

A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American fleet. On December 7, 1941, their hidden stories are exposed by a morning of bloodshed that would change the world forever. Scrutinizing long-buried historical documents, NCIS star Mark Harmon and co-author Leon Carroll, a former NCIS Special Agent, have brought forth a true-life NCIS story of deception, discovery, and danger.

Hawaii, 1941. War clouds with Japan are gathering and the islands of Hawaii have become battlegrounds of spies, intelligence agents, and military officials - with the island's residents caught between them. Toiling in the shadows are Douglas Wada, the only Japanese American agent in naval intelligence, and Takeo Yoshikawa, a Japanese spy sent to Pearl Harbor to gather information on the U.S. fleet.

Douglas Wada's experiences in his native Honolulu include posing undercover as a newspaper reporter, translating wiretaps on the Japanese Consulate, and interrogating America's first captured POW of World War II, a submarine officer found on the beach. Takeo Yoshikawa is a Japanese spy operating as a junior diplomat with the consulate who is collecting vital information that goes straight to Admiral Yamamoto. Their dueling stories anchor Ghosts of Honolulu's gripping depiction of the world-changing cat and mouse games played between Japanese and US military intelligence agents (and a mercenary Nazi) in Hawaii before the outbreak of the second world war.

Also caught in the upheaval are Honolulu's innocent residents - including Douglas Wada's father - who endure the war's anti-Japanese fervor and a cadre of intelligence professionals who must prevent Hawaii from adopting the same destructive mass internments as California.

Ghosts of Honolulu depicts the incredible high stakes game of naval intelligence and the need to define what is real and what only appears to be real.

©2023 Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll (P)2023 Harper Select

Excellent

Really enjoyed the true account of these individuals during WW2. Very factual, now I am interested in more information on the people and places mentioned in the book.

Mark Harmon

Very interesting piece of history. Told a lot about the beginning of NCIS and about the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

An excellent historical review of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor.

An excellent historical review of the environment, people and activities around the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. A very insightful yet depressing revelation of human and political actions that related some very shameful and destructive actions of the US Government.

Ghosts of Honolulu

Wonderful Take on the attack on Pearl Harbor not heard before. Narrator Mark Harmon did a good job

Steeler book

I learned so much about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This book was informative and entertaining.

I liked new insights into what happened on the island.

I enjoyed the new-to-me information, but like others commented, I had a hard time with the narration. Mr. Harmon is a good actor, but whatever happened here, it wasn't good. I decided that maybe my reading speed got messed up, but it didn't matter how I adjusted it it just did come out well. I would have been better off reading the hard copy.

Amazing

I love everything about this book it was filled with great information and I love Mark Harmon

Interesting information I’d never known!

I mostly liked Mark Harmon’s narration, though he has a speech pattern of leaving off the endings of words sometimes, particularly those that end in “s.”

Interesting and little known story from WWII

I have always liked Mark Harmon as an actor but he should never be a reader for Audible. He was too slow at the normal playing speed. At 1.2 speed he was choppy and halting.
I thought the subject was very interesting and one that isn’t often known about WWII history. My thanks to Harmon and Leon Carroll for researching and presenting the story.
I did find all the Japanese and Hawaiian names difficult to keep straight.

Not super interesting and narrated poorly

I just couldn't get through it, especially since Mark Harmon was a surprisingly bad narrator. He sounds about 90 years old in this, and his pronunciation of Japanese names and words was distractingly bad. Ultimately, I couldn't get through more than about 1/4 of it. It just didn't engage me.