The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
James D. Hornfischer • 2004
Devastation Rating
war WWII naval sacrifice
Our Take
Hornfischer reconstructs the Battle off Samar with devastating detail — destroyer escorts charging battleships, knowing they would die, because the alternative was worse. The heroism here is not triumphant. It is the terrible arithmetic of sacrifice.
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