The Twilight Warriors : The Deadliest Naval Battle of World War II and the Men Who Fought It (Hardcover)

from DeaconBernie

By the halfway point of reading this book, my opinion was very low. This is warmed over stuff that has been collected from other, earlier books. But, then, just this morning, I had a short conversation with one of my coffee shop friends who had been on a destroyer, USS Gwin, which had taken a kam...

from DeaconBernie

At times, this book becomes rather tedious. The same facts seem to be repeating themselves over and over with little progress. From this and other sources, one has to raise the question: was it necessary to fight this battle? It is clear that while the top brass of Army and Navy saluted the same ...

from jamespurcell

Robert Gandt does a fine job retelling the oft-described Battle for Okinawa through the stories of the Twilight Warriors. These men were late to WW2 and were quite concerned that they might be missing it. The conflict for this Pacific Island was the most savage and costly battle ever for the US N...