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001 2006049948
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050 00 $aD773$b.D78 2007
082 00 $a940.54/5973$222
100 1 $aDrury, Bob.
245 10 $aHalsey's typhoon :$bthe true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue /$cBob Drury and Tom Clavin.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAtlantic Monthly Press :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West,$cc2007.
300 $axix, 322 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
500 $aMap on lining papers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index.
520 $aIn December 1944, America's most popular and colorful naval hero, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, unwittingly sailed his undefeated Pacific Fleet into the teeth of a powerful typhoon. Three destroyers were capsized, sending hundreds of sailors and officers into the raging, shark-infested waters. Over the next sixty hours, small bands of survivors fought seventy-foot waves, exhaustion, and dehydration to await rescue at the hands of the courageous Lt. Com. Henry Lee Plage, who, defying orders, sailed his tiny destroyer escort USS Tabberer through 150-mph winds to reach the lost men. Thanks to documents that have been declassified after sixty years and dozens of first-hand accounts from survivors--including former President Gerald Ford--one of the greatest World War II stories, and a riveting tale of survival at sea, can finally be told.--From publisher description.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy.$bFleet, 3rd$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American.
650 0 $aTyphoons$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aShipwrecks$zPhilippine Sea$xHistory.
650 0 $aSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
600 10 $aHalsey, William Frederick,$d1882-1959.
700 1 $aClavin, Thomas.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0712/2006049948-d.html