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Has anyone read the book In Harm's Way?

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bigsur009

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"The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, perhaps the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare. Documenting and dramatizing the legendary two-and-a-half-hour battle, fought during the epic Leyte Gulf campaign on October 25, 1944."

stolen straight from the internet, and yes, the Johnston was one of the boats! Every one of those guys on each of the boats was a hero.
 
El Cid

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bigsur009 said:
"The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, perhaps the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare. Documenting and dramatizing the legendary two-and-a-half-hour battle, fought during the epic Leyte Gulf campaign on October 25, 1944."

stolen straight from the internet, and yes, the Johnston was one of the boats! Every one of those guys on each of the boats was a hero.
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Sounds amazing, is it in paperback? how long is it?
 
Jolly Roger

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El Cid, I believe it just recently came out, so it is still in hard back.


The Battle of Samar took place during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when Kurita's Center Force broke out into the staging area for the invasion. The only thing that saved the invasion was the Tin Cans Hoel, Johnston, Samuel B. Roberts, et al and Sprague's CVEs. The Center Force consisted of the battleship Yamato, several more battleships, cruisers, and tin cans. The aircraft from the CVEs and the ferocity of which the tin cans fought, forced the Kurita to turn tail and run, at the cost of the Hoel and Johnston, the CVEs Gambier Bay and White Plains.

I read that account in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and many people lay the deaths of the sailors lost that day at Halsey's feet. I am not so sure.
 
H20man

H20man

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oh man Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is an awesome book. The author was signing it in Fredricksburg Tx at the Nimitz Museum, Nimitz's home town. I got about half way and stopped reading it for some unknown reason, but the book just draws you deeper and deeper each page, you cant put it down.
 
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