The last stand of the tin can sailors, the extraordinary World War II story of the US Navy's finest hour, James D. Hornfischer
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The last stand of the tin can sailors, the extraordinary World War II story of the US Navy's finest hour, James D. Hornfischer
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
Main title
The last stand of the tin can sailors
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James D. Hornfischer
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the extraordinary World War II story of the US Navy's finest hour
Summary
Chronicles the October 1944 battle off Samar between a vastly outnumbered fleet of American warships and a flotilla of the Japanese Navy, a struggle that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific
Table Of Contents
Tin cans -- Last stand -- A vanishing graveyard -- Highest traditions -- Men of Task Unit 77.4.3 killed in action, October 25-28, 1944
Target audience
adult
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