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The twilight warriors : the deadliest naval battle of World War II and the men who fought it

Call Number

  • 940.5425 G1963 (OSH)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Broadway Books, c2010.

Physical Description

xii, 385 p. , [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Contents

  • pt. 1. The way of the warrior
  • The next island
  • Tail end Charlies
  • You are already gods
  • Tiny Tim
  • Your favorite enemy
  • First blooding
  • The mood in Boys' Town
  • Shoot the son of a bitch
  • We will save the ship
  • Thunder gods
  • Three seconds to die
  • And where is the Navy?
  • Gimlet eyes and the alligator
  • pt. 2. Storming the great Loochoo
  • Love day
  • Bourbon and puddle water
  • Ten-go
  • Divine wind
  • Breakout
  • Race for glory
  • First wave
  • Ducks in a gallery
  • There she blows
  • Dumbo and Mighty Mouse
  • pt. 3. Floating chrysanthemums
  • A ridge called Kakazu
  • Ohka
  • Gunslingers
  • Black Friday
  • Keep moving and keep shooting
  • As long as a gun will fire
  • Glory day
  • Target Intrepid
  • Call me Ernie
  • Counteroffensive
  • Bottom of the barrel
  • Gone with the spring
  • Change of command
  • Ritual of death
  • Setting sun
  • Honored dead
  • U.S. order of battle
  • Japanese order of battle
  • Glossary.

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