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“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 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 and Douglas MacArthur’ s
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- Author
- James D. Hornfischer
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307487308
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (5,686 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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 (2008)
- The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors : The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (2005)
- الموقف الأخير للبحارة من علب الصفيح: قصة الحرب العالمية الثانية غير العادية لأروع ساعة للبحرية الأمريكية [Arabic] (2005)
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