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They Were Expendable by W. L. White (1998, Trade Paperback)
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THEY WERE EXPENDABLE: AN AMERICAN TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON IN THE U.S. RETREAT FROM THE PHILIPPINES (BLUEJACKET BOOKS) By W. L. White **BRAND NEW**.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNaval Institute Press
ISBN-101557509484
ISBN-139781557509482
eBay Product ID (ePID)513821
Product Key Features
Book TitleThey Were Expendable
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicWar & Military, Military / Naval
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, History
AuthorW. L. White
Book SeriesBluejacket Bks.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-013807
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal940.54/25
SynopsisA national bestseller when it was originally published in 1942 and the subject of a 1945 John Ford film featuring John Wayne, this book offers a thrilling account of the role of the U.S. Navy's Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three during the disastrous Philippine campaign early in World War II. The author uses an unusual, but thorough, spellbinding format to tell the story: an interview with four heroic young participants. Ranked with the great tales of war by the Saturday Review of Literature, it is a deeply moving book that describes the four officers' extraordinary exploits from the first appearance of Japanese planes over Manila Bay to the squadron's calamitous end-including getting Gen. Douglas MacArthur safely to Australia. Filled with action, drama, and history, this unique portrayal of America's little Dunkirk was described by the New York Times as being almost unbearably painful at times, yet so engrossing that few who begin it will be able to put it down until they have finished its adventure-packed pages., A national bestseller when it was originally published in 1942 and the subject of a 1945 John Ford film featuring John Wayne, this book offers a thrilling account of the role of the U.S. Navy's Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three during the disastrous Philippine campaign early in World War II. The author uses an unusual, but thorough, spellbinding format to tell the story: an interview with four heroic young participants. Ranked "with the great tales of war" by the Saturday Review of Literature, it is a deeply moving book that describes the four officers' extraordinary exploits from the first appearance of Japanese planes over Manila Bay to the squadron's calamitous end-including getting Gen. Douglas MacArthur safely to Australia. Filled with action, drama, and history, this unique portrayal of "America's little Dunkirk" was described by the New York Times as being "almost unbearably painful at times, yet so engrossing that few who begin it will be able to put it down until they have finished its adventure-packed pages."
LC Classification NumberD811.W45 1998
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