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02675cim a2200493Ia 4500 001 6A5AE0462B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 005 20181009010727 007 sd fungnn|||uu 008 070108s2007 mnunnn h eng d 020 $a 9781598870862 020 $a 1598870866 028 02 $a HBP 89833 $b HighBridge 035 $a (OCoLC)77548022 040 $a GEC $c GEC $d SILO $d BAKER $d UIB $d SILO 100 1 $a Drury, Bob. 245 1 $a Halsey's typhoon $h [sound recording] : $b [the true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue] / $c Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a [Minneapolis, MN] : $b HighBridge, $c p2007. 300 $a 9 sound discs (10.75 hr.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a Compact disc. 500 $a "Bonus--includes an audio interview with coauthor Bob Drury"--Container. 500 $a Subtitle from container. 511 0 $a Read by Eric Conger. 520 $a In December 1944, America's most popular and colorful naval hero, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, unwittingly sailed his undefeated Pacific Fleet into the teeth of a powerful typhoon. Three destroyers were capsized, sending hundreds of sailors and officers into the raging, shark-infested waters. Over the next sixty hours, small bands of survivors fought seventy-foot waves, exhaustion, and dehydration to await rescue at the hands of the courageous Lt. Com. Henry Lee Plage, who, defying orders, sailed his tiny destroyer escort USS Tabberer through 150-mph winds to reach the lost men. Thanks to documents that have been declassified after sixty years and dozens of first-hand accounts from survivors--including former President Gerald Ford--one of the greatest World War II stories, and a riveting tale of survival at sea, can finally be told.--From publisher description. 600 10 $a Halsey, William Frederick, $d 1882-1959. 610 10 $a United States. $b Fleet, 3rd $b Fleet, 3rd $x History. 650 0 $a Shipwrecks $z Philippine Sea $x History. 650 0 $a Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. 650 0 $a Typhoons $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, American. 655 0 $a Audiobooks. 700 1 $a Clavin, Thomas. 700 1 $a Conger, Eric. 939 $a 5748725 941 $a 6 945 $a cdab 952 $l MGPD463 $d 20201013053349.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202033036.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6A5AE0462B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b UIB 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search