Destroyer Squadron 23
Subtitle: Combat Exploits Of Arleigh Burke's Gallant Force
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Chilton Co., Book Division
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Burke, Arleigh Albert, 1901-; United States. Navy. Destroyer Squadron 23.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Foreword vii; title: Preface ix; title: 1. Night of the Long Lances 3; title: 2. The Commodore Comes Aboard 23; title: 3. The Eagles Gather 36; title: 4. Requiem over Ironbottom Bay 61; title: 5. "Across the Ocean Wild and Wide ..."  78; title: 6. Commander Burke Goes to War  99; title: 7. The Seasoning of 31-Knot-Burke  120; title: 8. Mosaic in Fatigue and Frustration  140; title: 9. Sortie Against the Enemy 163; title: 10. Gunstrike at Skunk Hollow 187; title: 11. The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay  212; title: 12. Their Finest Hour 238; title: Postscript 267; title: Index 271