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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... landing half a world away in North Africa, to frame what Americans back home felt upon receiving the news of the Marine victory on the Bloody 'Canal. “Now is not the end,” said Winston Churchill. “It is not even the beginning. But it is ...
... landing half a world away in North Africa, to frame what Americans back home felt upon receiving the news of the Marine victory on the Bloody 'Canal. “Now is not the end,” said Winston Churchill. “It is not even the beginning. But it is ...
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... landings on the Philippine island of Mindoro. He told the court of his experiences encountering, and successfully riding out, previous Pacific typhoons. He also mentioned as a mitigating factor a warning weather report from a ...
... landings on the Philippine island of Mindoro. He told the court of his experiences encountering, and successfully riding out, previous Pacific typhoons. He also mentioned as a mitigating factor a warning weather report from a ...
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... landings as an effort “to free you from the bonds of Western colonialism.” They proceeded to plunder the islands' natural resources, most especially its rubber plantations, and treat the Filipinos as serfs at best, slaves at worst ...
... landings as an effort “to free you from the bonds of Western colonialism.” They proceeded to plunder the islands' natural resources, most especially its rubber plantations, and treat the Filipinos as serfs at best, slaves at worst ...
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... landings had one common goal: the retaking of the Philippines as a springboard from which to launch the invasion of Japan. Moreover, unlike the great land battles being fought against the Nazis in Africa and Europe, the Pacific Theater ...
... landings had one common goal: the retaking of the Philippines as a springboard from which to launch the invasion of Japan. Moreover, unlike the great land battles being fought against the Nazis in Africa and Europe, the Pacific Theater ...
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... landings on an ever-widening range of targets. To that end, a two-pronged series of U.S. land, sea, and air attacks inexorably began to sap both Imperial manpower and material. In the south, MacArthur was planning to jump from Australia ...
... landings on an ever-widening range of targets. To that end, a two-pronged series of U.S. land, sea, and air attacks inexorably began to sap both Imperial manpower and material. In the south, MacArthur was planning to jump from Australia ...
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Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and ... Bob Drury,Tom Clavin Ograniczony podgląd - 2007 |
Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and ... Bob Drury,Tom Clavin Podgląd niedostępny - 2007 |
Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and ... Bob Drury,Tom Clavin Podgląd niedostępny - 2007 |
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