ISBN: 9780891418900

"Wonderful . . . a rousing dramatization of history's greatest sea battle." -James D. Hornfischer, author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors "I shall return"… Meer...

"Wonderful . . . a rousing dramatization of history's greatest sea battle." -James D. Hornfischer, author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors "I shall return" is General Douglas MacArthur's promise to the Filipinos. It will take 165,000 troops and 700 ships in the bloody battle of Leyte Gulf to do it. Among them is the destroyer USS Matthew and her skipper, Commander Mike Donovan, a veteran haunted by earlier savage battles. What Donovan doesn't know is that Vice Admiral Takao Kurita of Japan has laid an ingenious trap as the Matthew heads for the treacherous waters of Leyte Gulf. But Donovan faces something even deadlier than Kurita's battleships: Explosives secretly slipped on board American ships by saboteurs are set to detonate at any time. Now the Matthew's survival hinges on the ability of Donovan and his men to dismantle a bomb in the midst of the panic and the chaos of history's greatest naval battle. "Gobbell's sea tales . . . will have you looking up your nearest Navy recruiter." -W.E.B. Griffin " John Gobbell is] a first-rate storyteller." -Stephen Coonts A Call to Colors: A Novel of the Leyte Gulf Gobbell, John, Presidio Press<

ISBN: 0891418903

Wonderful . . . a rousing dramatization of history's greatest sea battle."-James D. Hornfischer, author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors"I shall return" is General Douglas MacArth… Meer...

Wonderful . . . a rousing dramatization of history's greatest sea battle."-James D. Hornfischer, author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors"I shall return" is General Douglas MacArthur's promise to the Filipinos. It will take 165,000 troops and 700 ships in the bloody battle of Leyte Gulf to do it.Among them is the destroyer USS Matthew and her skipper, Commander Mike Donovan, a veteran haunted by earlier savage battles. What Donovan doesn't know is that Vice Admiral Takao Kurita of Japan has laid an ingenious trap as the Matthew heads for the treacherous waters of Leyte Gulf. But Donovan faces something even deadlier than Kurita's battleships: Explosives secretly slipped on board American ships by saboteurs are set to detonate at any time. Now the Matthew's survival hinges on the ability of Donovan and his men to dismantle a bomb in the midst of the panic and the chaos of history's greatest naval battle."Gobbell's sea tales . . . will have you looking up your nearest Navy recruiter."-W.E.B. Griffin"[John Gobbell is] a first-rate storyteller."-Stephen Coonts contemporary,genre fiction,historical,historical fiction,literature and fiction,war Historical Fiction, Presidio Press<

ISBN: 0891418903

Vice Admiral Takao Kurita of Japan has laid an ingenious trap in the treacherous waters of Leyte Gulf for the USS Matthew and its Commander Mike Donovan. As he prepares to face down Kurit… Meer...

Vice Admiral Takao Kurita of Japan has laid an ingenious trap in the treacherous waters of Leyte Gulf for the USS Matthew and its Commander Mike Donovan. As he prepares to face down Kurita's battleships, his crew must dismantle an onboard bomb during the chaos of history's greatest battle. Original. contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,historical fiction,literature and fiction,war Historical Fiction, Random House Publishing Group<

ISBN: 9780891418900

Vice Admiral Takao Kurita of Japan has laid an ingenious trap in the treacherous waters of Leyte Gulf for the USS Matthew and its Commander Mike Donovan. As he prepares to face down Kurit… Meer...

Vice Admiral Takao Kurita of Japan has laid an ingenious trap in the treacherous waters of Leyte Gulf for the USS Matthew and its Commander Mike Donovan. As he prepares to face down Kurita's battleships, his crew must dismantle an onboard bomb during the chaos of history's greatest battle. Original.<