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2010-10-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Today in History: the Engagement Off Samar, 1944

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Posted by Mike 2010-10-25 06:27|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers
-James Hornfischer, Bantam 2005

Audio version is well narrated.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-10-25 12:44|| 2010-10-25 12:44|| Front Page Top

#2 I saw some survivors of the Gambier Bay in a parade, and at age 50 I was jumping up and down like a little kid. I yelled "They're getting away!" a few times but the old vets couldn't hear me and no one in the crowd understood the reference. But it was a great parade. Not a whole lot of sailors engage a cruiser with a five-inch gun and live to tell the story. As for the destroyermen, what can anyone say.

Posted by Matt 2010-10-25 12:48|| 2010-10-25 12:48|| Front Page Top

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