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W.L. White
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They Were Expendable |
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Hardcover |
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209 |
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1942-01-01 |
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B005ECR5MU |
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Harcourt, Brace & Co. |
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1.0 pounds |
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5.5 x 7.7 x 1.2 inches |
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1st |
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Product Description
One of the great stories of WWII relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) in World War II. When the first Japanese planes roared over Manila Bay, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 went into action. And when General MacArthur was ordered to Australia, Squadron 3 - what was left of it - was picked to take him on the perilous trip out of Bataan. Squadron 3 fought on the sea, but its members talked in the comradeship of battle, with the men who fought on land and in the air. The result is more than the adventure story of this single squadron, for in the background is the whole tragic panorama of the Philippine Campaign - the hopelessness and the flaming courage around America's little Dunkirk. W.L. White interviewed four of the survivors of Squadron 3 - John D. Bulkeley (Medal of Honor winner), Robert Kelly, Akers, and Cox - names already known throughout the nation - and wove their fighting accounts into a memorable and moving pattern. He caught the very accents of their experience. It is plain talk, which becomes gallant talk for all that it does not say as well as for what is said. They Were Expendable is a document to stir all of us - a brave and grim story to put against all complacency.
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