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The Battle to Save the Houston : October 1944 to March 1945 🔍
Miller, John Grider US Naval Institute Press, Bluejacket books The battle to save the Houston, October 1944 to March 1945, Annopolis, 2012
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A World War II adventure story of epic proportions, this book tells the heroic tale of a dedicated band of men who refused to let their crippled ship sink to the bottom of the Pacific in late 1944. Based on over seventy eyewitness accounts and hundreds of official documents and personal papers, it records in rich detail the USS Houston 's 14,000-mile perilous journey home to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Part of Bull Halsey's famous Pacific Task Force 38, the Houston 's had been supporting air strikes as a prelude to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when she took an aerial torpedo hit that caused serious flooding. Nearly two-thirds of the crew abandoned ship before the damage-control officer convinced the captain she might be saved. Another torpedo hit two days later complicated the crew's desperate fight. Surrounded by death, floodwaters, and fire, stalked by enemy subs, threatened by air attack, and running from a typhoon, the men of the Houston 's remained towers of strength while knowing their ship was never more than minutes away from breaking apart. John Miller's action-packed account gives insights into the nature of heroism and leadership that remain valuable today. Exceptional photographic documentation accompanies the text.
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zlib/History/Military History/Miller, John Grider/The Battle to Save the Houston_22288607.epub
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Miller, Estate of John G.
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Estate of John G. Miller
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John Grider Miller
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Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3), Annopolis, 2012
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United States, United States of America
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1, 20121119
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1985
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2013
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2022-08-09
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