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The last stand of the tin can sailors / James D. Hornfischer.

Hornfischer, James D.
2004
D774.L48 H67 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
The last stand of the tin can sailors / James D. Hornfischer.
Author
Hornfischer, James D.
ISBN
0553381482 (paperback)
9780553381481 (paperback)
0553802577
9780553802573
Published
New York : Bantam Books, 2004.
Language
English
Description
499 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
Call Number
D774.L48 H67 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.54/25995
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.
Note
"The extraordinary World War II story of the U.S. Navy's finest hour"--Preliminary page.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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