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Author:

Drury, Bob.

Title:

Halsey's typhoon / Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.

Publisher:

Grove Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

325p ill., maps ;

Subject:

United States.--Navy.
World War II
Typhoons
Shipwrecks
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Halsey, William Frederick,
Navy
United States--History

Other Authors:

Clavin, Thomas.

Notes:

Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index.

Summary:

Recounts the 1944 ordeal of Admiral William "Bull" Halsey and the crew of the United States 3rd Fleet as they fought a massive typhoon in the South Pacific and struggled to survive while awaiting rescue from Lieutenant Commander Henry Lee Plage and the "USS Tabberer." Includes photographs.

ISBN:

0802143377
9780802143372

LCCN:

2006049948

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