Review of 'Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
An excellent narrative history of the last great surface battle in history where a division of second line US fleet units faced off against much of what was left of the Japanese main fleet.
I've been aware of the heroic actions of Taffy 3 off Samar at the Battle of Leyte Gulf for some time, but only in a more abstract sense from more general histories of the war. This book goes into far more detail concerning the actions of each of the destroyers and destroyer escorts involved, and goes into as much detail as possible concerning the events surrounding the last moments of each ship lost to the US during the battle.
Unfortunately, I only have access to the Kindle edition, which omits the many photographs included in the print edition. A failure which seems all too common in ebook editions: shame on Bantam for not doing a better …
An excellent narrative history of the last great surface battle in history where a division of second line US fleet units faced off against much of what was left of the Japanese main fleet.
I've been aware of the heroic actions of Taffy 3 off Samar at the Battle of Leyte Gulf for some time, but only in a more abstract sense from more general histories of the war. This book goes into far more detail concerning the actions of each of the destroyers and destroyer escorts involved, and goes into as much detail as possible concerning the events surrounding the last moments of each ship lost to the US during the battle.
Unfortunately, I only have access to the Kindle edition, which omits the many photographs included in the print edition. A failure which seems all too common in ebook editions: shame on Bantam for not doing a better job.