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Halsey's typhoon, the true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

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Halsey's typhoon, the true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Halsey's typhoon

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

Sub title

the true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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