| Description |
xvii, 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index. |
| Note |
1st published : Minneapolis, MN : Zenith Press, an imprint of MBI Publishing, 2008. -- t.p. verso. |
| Summary |
Based on extensive historical research, including newly deciphered Japanese documents and previously unknown material from the crew's family members, as well as U.S. Navy, Dutch, and Imperial Japanese Navy documents, the author offers a history of the USS Edsall (DD-219) -- both the ship and her courageous crew -- detailing her heroic service and final battle in March 1942. |
| Contents |
Prologue: a ship's horn sounds farewell -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Flushdeckers -- Brothers in harm's way -- Rampage in the southern seas -- DD-219 at war -- Fiasco -- What numbers cannot tell us -- Lest we forget -- The revelations of Dr. Haraguchi. |
| Subject |
Edsall (Ship)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Indian Ocean.
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Shipwrecks -- Indian Ocean.
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| ISBN |
9780760333532 hardback |
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076033353X hardback |
| Music No. |
145530 MBI Publishing |
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