Tin can sailors save the day
Subtitle: the USS Johnston and the battle off Samar
By: Kevin McDonald
Publisher: Paloma Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Ashland, Oregon
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781555717865
Subjects: Johnston (Destroyer : DD 557); American Naval operations; Naval History; World War, 1939-1945; Juvenile literature; Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
Other titles: USS Johnston and the battle off Samar
Notes: Grades 4-6.
Table of contents: title: Prelude; title: The war begins; title: The captain; title: The gunnery officer; title: The sailor; title: The ship; title: Life at sea; title: The gathering storm; title: First contact; title: A wounded ship; title: No retreat; title: Adrift at sea; title: The sharks return; title: Rescue; title: Epilogue.