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The last stand of the tin can sailors

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  • Author: Hornfischer, James D.
    Contributor: GARDNER, Grover
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    2004
    Summary:

    One of the finest WWII naval action narratives in recent years, this book follows in the footsteps of Flags of Our Fathers, creating a microcosm of the war's American Navy destroyers. Hornfischer, a writer and literary agent in Austin, Tex., covers the battle off Samar, the Philippines.

    Subject(s): Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 | World War (1939-1945)
    Original Publisher: New York, Bantam Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 0553802577