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Destroyer Squadron 23 - Combat Exploits of Arleigh Burke's Gallant Force (Paperback)
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Destroyer Squadron 23 - Combat Exploits of Arleigh Burke's Gallant Force (Paperback)
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Called one of the most inspiring stories to come out of World War
II when first published in 1959, this epic account of Arleigh
Burke's legendary Destroyer Squadron 23 is much more than a story
of ships and their tactical deployment. It is a story of men in
action, some four thousand of them, and how they lived and fought
as a magnificent combat team. Ken Jones not only records their
heroic deeds but helps explain what prompted those deeds, including
the leadership qualities that fired the men into action. In doing
so he brings to life the outfit's fighting spirit - that mysterious
combination of qualities inspired by great leaders that wins
battles - and the man who led them. Commodore Arleigh Burke was the
right man at the right place at the right time; his leadership
fused the squadron into a superb combat organization. This book
offers a vivid account of the fighting in the South Pacific during
one of the most crucial periods of the war. In authentic,
minute-by-minute detail drawn from once-secret documents, Jones
describes the battles of Tassafaronga, Savo Island, Empress Augusta
Bay, and Cape St. George. But the focus throughout is on the men as
they meet the test of battle with a common bravery as staunch as
any in the Navy's annals. No squadron in any navy is said to have
won more battle honours in less time than the Fighting
Twenty-third.
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