The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navys Finest Hour Hornfischer James D.Paperback
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navys Finest Hour Hornfischer James D.Paperback "This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which…
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navys Finest Hour Hornfischer James D.Paperback
"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. We will do what damage we can."With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W.
On the horizon loomed the mightiest ships of the Japanese navy, a massive fleet that represented the last hope of a staggering empire. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. All that stood between it and Douglas MacArthur' s vulnerable invasion force were the Roberts and the other small ships of a tiny American flotilla poised to charge into history.In the tradition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers, James D.
Hornfischer paints an unprecedented portrait of the Battle of Samar, a naval engagement unlike any other in U.S. history--and captures with