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Down to the sea : an epic story of naval disaster and heroism in World War II

Documents the tale of four U.S. Navy ships that battled a deadly typhoon in 1944, a storm that resulted in 756 deaths, three sunken ships, and extensive damage to other naval vessels, in an account told from the perspectives of survivors and rescue teams

Print Book, English, ©2007
Smithsonian Books/Collins, New York, ©2007