“The MEN Of The GAMBIER BAY.”By Edwin P. Hoyt. Introduction by Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.). From the author of“The Battle of Leyte Gulf”and“Bowfin”. The escort carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class carrier, commissioned in December 1943, displacing jus...
Yamamoto had predicted, by torpedoes and bombs. The super-battleship Musashi was sunk by an estimated 19 torpedo and 17 bomb hits from American carrier-based aircraft on October 24, 1944 during the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf. Over half of her 2,399 crew were rescued but 1,023 men were ...
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