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Title: Tin Can Sailor Condition: New Subtitle: Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945 Author: C. Raymond Calhoun Format: Paperback EAN: 9781557502285 ISBN: 9781557502285 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Genre: History Topic: Military History Release Date: 30/06/2000 Description: More than eight hundred sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded at the Battle of Tulagi. Peppered with the kind of vivid, authentic details that could only be provided by a participant, the book is the saga of a gallant fighting ship that earned a Presidential Unit Citation for her part in the Third Battle of Savo Island, where she took on a battleship, cruiser, and destroyer and was the last to leave the fray. Calhoun's gripping and colorful account tells what it was like to be there during those furiously fought, close-range engagements. When published in hardcover in 1993, the book was widely praised as a good read loaded with rich and interesting details. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 313g Release Year: 2000
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