Battle to Save the Houston, The: October 1944 to March 1945

Miller, John Grider

ISBN 10: 0870212761 / ISBN 13: 9780870212765

Published by Naval Institute Pr., Annapolis, 1989

About this Item

3rd ptg.; xii + 227 pages; b/w photos & plates; tan cover with red lettering on spine; b/w photo on front of maroon dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 191372

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Battle to Save the Houston, The: October 1944 to March 1945
• Publisher: Naval Institute Pr., Annapolis
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870212761
• ISBN 13: 9780870212765
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Book Type: Hardcover (dj)
• Seller catalogs:
  • War / Military,Nautical

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Synopsis

Twice torpedoed, stalked by enemy subs, and running from a typhoon, the men of the USS Houston refused to let their ship sink. This is their epic story.

About the Author

John Miller, a retired Marine colonel, is the author of The Bridge at Dong Ha and The CoVans: U.S. Marine Advisors in Vietnam. Following his 1985 retirement from the Marine Corps, he became Managing Editor of Proceedings and Naval History, a post he held until 2000.