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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... thought, than anything the Japanese had thrown at them over the past three days. As the long swells rocked the Hull, DeRyckere kept a wary eye on the ship's inclinometer, the device used to measure the angle of a vessel's horizontal ...
... thought, than anything the Japanese had thrown at them over the past three days. As the long swells rocked the Hull, DeRyckere kept a wary eye on the ship's inclinometer, the device used to measure the angle of a vessel's horizontal ...
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... thought of what he had said, I realized I had been listening to one of the great admirals of the war.” Halsey was also blessed with an appreciation that the wheel of fortune is oiled by whiskey—or, as he put it, “A bottle of Scotch on ...
... thought of what he had said, I realized I had been listening to one of the great admirals of the war.” Halsey was also blessed with an appreciation that the wheel of fortune is oiled by whiskey—or, as he put it, “A bottle of Scotch on ...
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... thought, losing those men and ships, was a severe dereliction of duty. Nimitz was more circumspect, at least in public. His admiration and friendship toward Halsey ran deep, and changing an admiral's mind is akin to reversing a ...
... thought, losing those men and ships, was a severe dereliction of duty. Nimitz was more circumspect, at least in public. His admiration and friendship toward Halsey ran deep, and changing an admiral's mind is akin to reversing a ...
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... thought to be stunted, nearsighted, and generally frail— now brought a cruel reckoning of defeat after defeat. Hong Kong. Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. Rangoon. Port Moresby. Rabaul. All felt the lash of the whip from a nation no larger than ...
... thought to be stunted, nearsighted, and generally frail— now brought a cruel reckoning of defeat after defeat. Hong Kong. Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. Rangoon. Port Moresby. Rabaul. All felt the lash of the whip from a nation no larger than ...
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