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Today only a select few know firsthand what it is like to feel their ship shudder from the blast of their own guns, watch enemy. His riveting account of the savage battle for the Solomon Islands offers readers a a unique insider’s perspective. Russell Crenshaw’s vivid, balanced, and detailed narrative includes the Battle of Tassafarounga in November 1942 and Vella Gulf in August 1943, actions that earned his warship a Presidential Unit Citation and sixteen battle stars.

South Pacific Destroyer The Battle for the

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    A Paperback by Russell Sydnor Crenshaw Jr.

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      Publisher: Naval Institute Press
      Publication Date: 9/30/2009
      ISBN13: 9781591141433, 978-1591141433
      ISBN10: 1591141435

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      Book Synopsis
      Today only a select few know firsthand what it is like to feel their ship shudder from the blast of their own guns, watch enemy. His riveting account of the savage battle for the Solomon Islands offers readers a a unique insider’s perspective. Russell Crenshaw’s vivid, balanced, and detailed narrative includes the Battle of Tassafarounga in November 1942 and Vella Gulf in August 1943, actions that earned his warship a Presidential Unit Citation and sixteen battle stars.

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