Another Book Recommendation
Following in jpr’s footsteps, here’s another book recommendation/suggestion (“recogestion”?). I was going to post this on Thursday of next week, but I’m going off to do my “2 weeks” and I’m not sure how connected I’ll be.
I just fininshed James Hornfischer’s “Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston…”, and would recommend it to anyone interested in WWII naval history. Hornfischer (Best known for 2004′s “Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors”) is a superb writer and he’s at the top of his game. He’s taken an almost forgotten story of WWII POWs and brought it to a world that is slowly forgetting what was endured to bring the world back from the brink.
Why post next Thursday, you ask? It’s the 65th anniversary of the sinking if the Houston.
Posted by Jeopardy
On February 22nd, 2007 under Books, Military.
Comments: 2
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Comment from Byron Audler
Time: February 22, 2007, 8:36 am
It’s on my list 
I’d also add the same authors “Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors”, the story of Taffy 3 and how some DDs and DEs and some CVEs ran off the mighty Yamato. Heroism indeed.
Comment from jpr
Time: February 22, 2007, 9:06 am
Boy, more to add to my list! Weirdly, I was just looking at “Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors,” at our local Barnes & Noble.
I just saw on the History Channel (or was it the Military Channel?) the story of Taffy 3 done up with all those neat-o computer graphics where the “camera” seems to shake from explosions and planes zipping by the frame.
I guess I could’ve inserted a link to “Six Frigates” in my earlier post, someday I’ll figure it out…
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