Ebook {Epub PDF} The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer

The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which the book's author, James D. Hornfischer, calls the greatest upset in the history of naval www.doorway.ruhed by Bantam Books in February , the book won the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour Paperback – Ma by James D. Hornfischer (Author)Cited by: 1.  · - James D. Hornfischer, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors The Battle off Samar on Octo is a curious incident to categorize. On the one hand, as James Hornfischer argues, it was the United States Navy’s “finest hour,” a heartening epic of an outgunned and outnumbered force sacrificing their lives for the greater good/5(K).

James D. Hornfischer, author of "Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors", "Neptune's Inferno" and "The Fleet At Flood Tide" passed on 1 June News I regret to advise the subreddit that naval historian and author James D. Hornfischer, whom had appeared in a video with The Mighty Jingles and even appeared at Wargaming offices to sign. James D. Hornfischer is an award-winning naval historian. He is the author of The Fleet at Flood Tide, Neptune's Inferno, Ship of Ghosts, and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, all of which have been New York Times bestsellers and selections of the U.S. Navy Professional Reading Program, maintained by the Chief of Naval Operations. A native. James D. Hornfischer's The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors tells the extraordinary story of the United States Navy's most heroic, and frankly statistically improbable, victory of World War II. Last Stand focuses on the Battle of Samar, one of four naval battles in a campaign that were later named the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which the book's author, James D. Hornfischer, calls the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour Paperback – Ma by James D. Hornfischer (Author). The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which the book's author, James D. Hornfischer, calls the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare. Published by Bantam Books in February , the book won the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature in from the Naval Order of the United States.