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Halsey's Typhoon
By
Bob Drury and
Tom Clavin
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Findaway World Llc
Publication date
January 8, 2007
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781598957495
ISBN-10
159895749X
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Out of Print
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$39.99
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audio
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Summaries and Reviews
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Halseyâs Typhoon is the story of World War IIâs most unexpected disaster at sea. In the final days of 1944, Admiral William ÂBullâ Halsey is the Pacific theaterâs most popular and colorful naval hero. After a string of victories, the ÂFighting Admiralâ and his thirty-thousand-man Third Fleet are charged with protecting General MacArthurâs flank during the invasion of the Philippine island of Mindoro. But in the midst of the landings, Halsey attempts a complicated refueling maneuver and unwittingly drives his 170 ships into the teeth of a massive typhoon. Halseyâs men find themselves battling 90-foot waves and 150 mph windsÂamid the chaos, three ships are sunk and nearly nine hundred sailors and officers are swept into the Philippine Sea. For three days, small bands of survivors battle dehydration, exhaustion, sharks, and the elements awaiting rescue at the hands of the courageous lieutenant commander Henry Lee Plage, who, defying orders, sails his tiny destroyer escort, the USS Tabberer, back into the storm to rescue drifting sailors. Halseyâs Typhoon is a gripping true tale of courage and survival against impossible oddsÂand one of the finest untold World War II sagas of our time.
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Hardcover
from Wenner Books (September 12, 2006)
9781932958133 | details & prices | List price $24.95
About: Describes how, at the height of World War II in the Pacific Theater, Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey unwittingly sailed his undefeated Third Fleet into the heart of a powerful typhoon while supporting General Douglas MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines, a destructive act of nature that devastated the fleet and inflicted untold damage and loss of life.
About: Describes how, at the height of World War II in the Pacific Theater, Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey unwittingly sailed his undefeated Third Fleet into the heart of a powerful typhoon while supporting General Douglas MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines, a destructive act of nature that devastated the fleet and inflicted untold damage and loss of life.
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Unabridged edition from Findaway World Llc (January 8, 2007)
9781598957495 | details & prices | List price $39.99
About: Halseyâs Typhoon is the story of World War IIâs most unexpected disaster at sea.
About: Halseyâs Typhoon is the story of World War IIâs most unexpected disaster at sea.
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