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<b>“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”</b><br><br> With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS <i>Samuel B. Roberts</i> on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the mightiest ships of the Japanese navy, a massive fleet that represented the last hope of a staggering empire. All that stood between it an
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- Author
- James D. Hornfischer
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780553381481
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Fiction, Naval
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (122 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors : The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (2004)
- The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors : The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (2008)
- الموقف الأخير للبحارة من علب الصفيح: قصة الحرب العالمية الثانية غير العادية لأروع ساعة للبحرية الأمريكية [Arabic] (2005)