I phyllis describes him very well. He is the author of three works of naval history. The last stand of the tin can standards. Named by naval history magazine as one of a dozen alltime naval classics. His second book, ship the ghosts about the cruiser uss of houston usf houston was a mental action of the military book club and the winner in 2007 at the United States maritime literature award. His most recent book, negative positive inferno, published by bantam in 2011 is an account of the water canal naval campaign. He has handled a number of nonfiction bestsellers, including the number one new flagss bestseller of our fathers. He will serve as the moderator. Today, he will be speaking about his most recent book neptune possibly inferno. Neptunes inferno the u. S. Navy at guadalcanal. Model specter of the wall street journal praised it. Compellingnt, a narrative of naval combat. It is a New York Times Publishers Weekly and boston globe bestseller. It is my very rate pleasure to hornfisc
Im oliver north and this is war stories. How do you fight an enemy so dangerous, so desperate hes literally willing to kill himself in order to destroy you . You fight to the death, thats how. On the island of okinawa, thats exactly what the soldiers, sailors, around marines did in a gut wrenching final showdown with Japanese Forces in the spring of 1945. This is the story of what was to be the last battle of world war ii. The bloodiest conflict of the pacific theater, with over 600 wounded and more than 100,000 japanese soldiers and equal number of civilians died. This would become japans brutal last stand against overwhelming american force. At sea, ferocious fighting between american ships an sued seed a kamikaze pilots killed more sailors than any other battle, including pearl harbor. And on land, one soldier called the battleground the most ghastly corner of hell he had ever witnessed. Spring, 1945. The tide of war had turned, but it wasnt over yet. One year earlier at normandy, a
Im oliver north and this is war stories. How do you fight an enemy so dangerous, so desperate hes literally willing to kill himself in order to destroy you . You fight to the death, thats how. On the island of okinawa, thats exactly what the soldiers, sailors, around marines did in a gut wrenching final showdown with Japanese Forces in the spring of 1945. This is the story of what was to be the last battle of world war ii. The bloodiest conflict of the pacific theater, with over 600 wounded and more than 100,000 japanese soldiers and equal number of civilians died. This would become japans brutal last stand against overwhelming american force. At sea, ferocious fighting between american ships an sued seed a kamikaze pilots killed more sailors than any other battle, including pearl harbor. And on land, one soldier called the battleground the most ghastly corner of hell he had ever witnessed. Spring, 1945. The tide of war had turned, but it wasnt over yet. One year earlier at normandy, a
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