Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold RescueGrove/Atlantic, Inc., 1 gru 2007 - 352 This account of a disaster at sea during World War II is “a powerful and engrossing story of tragedy, survival, and heroism” (Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down). In the final days of 1944, Admiral William “Bull” Halsey is the Pacific theater’s most popular and colorful naval hero. After a string of victories, the “Fighting Admiral” and his thirty-thousand-man Third Fleet are charged with protecting General MacArthur’s flank during the invasion of the Philippine island of Mindoro. But in the midst of the landings, Halsey attempts a complicated refueling maneuver—and unwittingly drives his 170 ships into the teeth of a massive typhoon. Halsey’s men find themselves battling ninety-foot waves and 150 mph winds. Amid the chaos, three ships are sunk and nearly nine hundred sailors and officers are swept into the Philippine Sea. For three days, small bands of survivors battle dehydration, exhaustion, sharks, and the elements, awaiting rescue. It will be up to courageous lieutenant commander Henry Lee Plage to defy orders and sail his tiny destroyer escort, the USS Tabberer, back into the storm to rescue drifting sailors. Revealing a little-known chapter of WWII history in absorbing detail, this is “a vivid tale of tragedy and gallantry at sea.” (Publishers Weekly). |
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... course of this conflict the addition of radar mounts on the tip of her mast and extra armament on her deck had pushed her well past her projected sailing weight. In the pilothouse, beneath the starboard portal, DeRyckere watched as Joe ...
... course of this conflict the addition of radar mounts on the tip of her mast and extra armament on her deck had pushed her well past her projected sailing weight. In the pilothouse, beneath the starboard portal, DeRyckere watched as Joe ...
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... course. It takes a lot of tack and persuasion. In private, however, CINCPAC seethed. The retaking of the Philippines was the most important American offensive of the Pacific war to date, the last stepping-stone before bringing the fight ...
... course. It takes a lot of tack and persuasion. In private, however, CINCPAC seethed. The retaking of the Philippines was the most important American offensive of the Pacific war to date, the last stepping-stone before bringing the fight ...
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... course, Spruance's defenders would only have to mention the Battle for Leyte Gulf to impugn Halsey.) On June 17 scout planes from Spruance's Fifth Fleet spotted the Japanese Mobile Fleet of five separate flotillas, each anchored by an ...
... course, Spruance's defenders would only have to mention the Battle for Leyte Gulf to impugn Halsey.) On June 17 scout planes from Spruance's Fifth Fleet spotted the Japanese Mobile Fleet of five separate flotillas, each anchored by an ...
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... course overnight. More than 200 ships were lost, and 13,000 Mongol soldiers drowned. The result was not only the retreat of the Khan's landing force, but the spawning of the belief among Japanese that their islands had been rescued by a ...
... course overnight. More than 200 ships were lost, and 13,000 Mongol soldiers drowned. The result was not only the retreat of the Khan's landing force, but the spawning of the belief among Japanese that their islands had been rescued by a ...
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