Your grand father was a witness and participant in THE Navy’s greatest victories. The heroism of small “tin cans” destoyers, pilots and others who fought “above their head” is a stunning story. You could not write fiction as dramatic.
I recommend “The Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors” for a good account of this battle.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Stand-Sailors-Extraordinary/dp/0553381482
Not one of those sailors flinched from their duty even though they knew the odds of survival were slim.
I recommend “The Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors” for a good account of this battle.
Thanks. Actually, he was on a tin can. All over PTO. From Kiska to Milne Bay and lots in between. He took some shrapnel in his leg to his grave. He was typical of that generation. Not much interested in the historical aspect of what he did. In his later years he did like telling a few anecdotes about his sailor buddies. Adventures on liberty, etc.
great read!
Last Stand ... focuses on the engagement off Samar, Sea of Thunder is an overall view of the battle from both sides.