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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... side of a ship Pilothouse (also wheelhouse)—the deckhouse for a ship's helmsman containing the steering wheel and navigating equipment Port—the left side of a ship Starboard—the right side of a ship Stern—the rear of a ship TBS—talk ...
... side of a ship Pilothouse (also wheelhouse)—the deckhouse for a ship's helmsman containing the steering wheel and navigating equipment Port—the left side of a ship Starboard—the right side of a ship Stern—the rear of a ship TBS—talk ...
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... side of the family that he'd acquired his “Viking blood.” But in truth, though a strong swimmer in lakes and rivers as a boy, he had never glimpsed the ocean until he enlisted in October 1940 with the notion of becoming a fighter pilot ...
... side of the family that he'd acquired his “Viking blood.” But in truth, though a strong swimmer in lakes and rivers as a boy, he had never glimpsed the ocean until he enlisted in October 1940 with the notion of becoming a fighter pilot ...
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... side of the globe, Dwight D. Eisenhower and George S. Patton. A fellow naval officer who worked with both Spruance and Halsey may as well have been writing about the two U.S. generals on the European front when he noted, “When Admiral ...
... side of the globe, Dwight D. Eisenhower and George S. Patton. A fellow naval officer who worked with both Spruance and Halsey may as well have been writing about the two U.S. generals on the European front when he noted, “When Admiral ...
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... sides—22,000 Japanese civilians on Saipan committed suicide after the island's fall—that Japan's prime minister Hideki ... side in the ongoing, intramural Halsey-Spruance debate, it was often Spruance's actions during the Marianas Turkey ...
... sides—22,000 Japanese civilians on Saipan committed suicide after the island's fall—that Japan's prime minister Hideki ... side in the ongoing, intramural Halsey-Spruance debate, it was often Spruance's actions during the Marianas Turkey ...
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... side of a typhoon once its oncoming warning signals were identified, particularly the rolling swells and the wispy veiling of advancing highlevel cirrus and cirrostratus clouds, like bony white fingers, far off to the east or southeast ...
... side of a typhoon once its oncoming warning signals were identified, particularly the rolling swells and the wispy veiling of advancing highlevel cirrus and cirrostratus clouds, like bony white fingers, far off to the east or southeast ...
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
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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