| Edition |
Bantam trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
499 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in hardcover: New York: Bantam Books, 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Tin cans -- Last stand -- A vanishing graveyard -- Highest traditions -- Men of Task Unit 77.4.3 killed in action, October 25-28, 1944. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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| ISBN |
0553381482 paperback |
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9780553381481 paperback |
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