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The two books below are the results of six years of research.
The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf

The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte GulfThe Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf (book)

Print: $13.50

Softcover (Perfectbind) edition. A detailed account of the heroic naval battle between Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Sprague’s Task Unit 77.4.3 and Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita’s Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force on Wednesday, 25 October 1944. Task Unit 77.4.3 consisted of six escort carriers (CVEs) FANSHAW BAY, ST LO, WHITE PLAINS, KALININ BAY, KITKUN BAY, & GAMBIER BAY, three destroyers (DDs) HOEL, HEERMANN, & JOHNSTON, and four smaller destroyer escorts (DEs) JOHN C. BUTLER, DENNIS, RAYMOND, & SAMUEL B. ROBERTS. They fought the vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force at Leyte Gulf on October 25, 1944, sustaining losses of five warships sunk and nearly all remaining warships heavily damaged; with the high cost of nearly 900 American lives.
The Battle Off Samar

The Battle Off SamarThe Battle Off Samar (book)

Hardcover Print: $25.98

Hardcover (Casewrap) edition. A detailed account of the heroic naval battle between Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Sprague’s Task Unit 77.4.3 and Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita’s Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force on Wednesday, 25 October 1944. Task Unit 77.4.3 consisted of six escort carriers (CVEs) FANSHAW BAY, ST LO, WHITE PLAINS, KALININ BAY, KITKUN BAY, & GAMBIER BAY, three destroyers (DDs) HOEL, HEERMANN, & JOHNSTON, and four smaller destroyer escorts (DEs) JOHN C. BUTLER, DENNIS, RAYMOND, & SAMUEL B. ROBERTS. They fought the vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force at Leyte Gulf on October 25, 1944, sustaining losses of five warships sunk and nearly all remaining warships heavily damaged; with the high cost of nearly 900 American lives.