The last stand of the tin can sailors : the extraordinary World War II story of the US Navy's finest hour
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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. Full description
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.