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The last stand of the tin can sailors

by James D. Hornfischer

2004 499 pages eng ★ 4.0 (3 ratings)

"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Is…

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