The last stand of the tin can sailors / James D. Hornfischer.
TITLE:
The last stand of the tin can sailors / James D. Hornfischer.
Publication Date:
2004-2005
Publication Information:
New York : Bantam Books,
Edition:
Bantam trade pbk. ed.
Physical Description:
499 p. : ill., map.
Summary:
With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the mightiest ships of the Japanese navy, a massive fleet that represented the last hope of a staggering empire. 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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
055381482 (pbk)
General Note:
"The extraordinary World War II story of the U.S. Navy's finest hour."
