Full name: Tin Can Titans: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron

Author: John Wukovits Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780306824302 0306824302

When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 (Desron 21) to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, he chose the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war. But it was not the squadron of ships that had accumulated such an inspiring résumé; it was the people serving aboard them who won the battles. This is the story of Desron 21's heroic sailors whose battle history is the stuff of legend. Through diaries, personal interviews with survivors, and letters written to and by the crew during the war, John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the squadron and its men who bested the Japanese in the Pacific and helped take the war to Tokyo.     Similar books: For Crew and Country by John Wukovits 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff WAR by Sebastian Junger Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds Blind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie A World Undone by G. J. Meyer The Arsenal of Democracy by A. J. Baime The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury