- Naval operations, American, American Naval operations, Nonfiction, World War, 1939-1945
"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and resolved.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- James D. Hornfischer
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 499
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Bantam, Random House Large Print
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553381481
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