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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

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 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The exhilarating true story of the U.S. Navy’s improbable victory at the Battle of Samar—“a dire survival-at-sea saga” (Denver Post) from the acclaimed author of Neptune’s Inferno

“A critically acclaimed, blow-by-blow look at a small American force counterattacking into the teeth of hopeless odds.”—Miami Herald

“The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors will take its place amidst the great literature of World War II.”—Ron Powers, co-author of Flags of Our Fathers

Desperately fought on the morning of October 25, 1944, the Battle off Samar is one of the most celebrated engagements in United States naval lore. Facing overwhelming firepower, with no prospect of reinforcement, thirteen American warships began a fight they couldn’t win—and fought it to the death.

Weaving together extensive interviews with veterans, unpublished eyewitness accounts, declassified documents, and rare Japanese sources, James D. Hornfischer has created an unprecedented account of a naval engagement unlike any other in American history. A resonant portrait of the Navy man’s indomitable spirit and a stirring tale of heroism in the face of hopeless odds, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors unforgettably captures the men, the strategies, and the sacrifices that turned certain defeat into a legendary victory.

WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE©2004 James Hornfischer; (P)2004 Books on Tape, Inc. Amériques Forces armées Guerres et conflits Militaire Moderne XXe siècle Guerre Japon impérial Aviation Survie Sous-marin Voile
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Good pacing and great niche historical recap of pacific war and includes great side stories that add to the narrative

Story telling was superb; great narrator

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How to put this into words. This has to be the finest book on Taffy 3 and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It’s extremely well researched and extremely well written.

Easily one of the best books on The Battle of Leyte Gulf.

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So incredibly compellingly written and read, with absorbing characters and thrilling action that grips so intensely you almost forget it's a true story. One heads up though: if you are squeamish, you may want to take this one slowly. There are no cut-aways from the grim horrors of war here, Hornfischer lays it all out in wince-inducing gory detail - the narration is unflinching but I admit I flinched a good bit at some of the more horrendous maimings and deaths. That's not at all a knock against it! Just something to be aware of going in if you pick it up — this is not one of those WW2 stories that glosses over the nasty rough parts in a haze of sepia-tone polished glory (and maybe not one you'll want to listen to while eating dinner). You get the whole picture, and in a tale of doomed heroes against insurmountable odds such as this, the whole picture will wrench your heart and sometimes make your skin crawl, as well as make you laugh and give you goosebumps too. A classic.

Tough But Riveting Story of Heroes

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I'm not entirely sure why the narrator felt the need to impersonate some kind of robotic voice mail machine, but he did. Shame.

Is the narrator a robot?

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