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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hornfischer, James D.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bantam Dell, 2005.
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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.