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Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built vengeance ship USS Astoria, named for her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war. At its center lies U.S. Navy Captain George Dyer, who vowed to return to action after suffering a horrific wound. He accepted the ship''s command in 1944, knowing it would be his last chance to avenge his injuries and salvage his career. Yet with the nation''s resources and personnel stretched thin by the war, he found that just getting the ship into action would prove to be a battle.

Tensions among the crew flared from the start. Astoria''s sailors and Marines were a collection of replacements, retreads, and older men. Some were broken by previous traumatic combat, most had no desire to be in the war, yet all found themselves fighting an enemy more afraid of surrender than death.

The reluctant ship was called to respond to challenges that its men never could have anticipated. From a typh

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      Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
      Publication Date: 02/06/2022
      ISBN13: 9780316451086, 978-0316451086
      ISBN10: 0316451088
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built vengeance ship USS Astoria, named for her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war. At its center lies U.S. Navy Captain George Dyer, who vowed to return to action after suffering a horrific wound. He accepted the ship''s command in 1944, knowing it would be his last chance to avenge his injuries and salvage his career. Yet with the nation''s resources and personnel stretched thin by the war, he found that just getting the ship into action would prove to be a battle.

      Tensions among the crew flared from the start. Astoria''s sailors and Marines were a collection of replacements, retreads, and older men. Some were broken by previous traumatic combat, most had no desire to be in the war, yet all found themselves fighting an enemy more afraid of surrender than death.

      The reluctant ship was called to respond to challenges that its men never could have anticipated. From a typh

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