Know Your WW2 History: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

Posted on 29 November 2021 by The Tactical Hermit

The Heroic Tin Can Sailors Held Off the Japanese Saving Thousands of Lives in WWII

When asked about great naval WW2 books I always tell people The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer is in my top 5.

It’s an amazing story of heroism and never say die grit in war.

Never give up until the last round is fired and even then, if you have propulsion and steering, prepare for ramming speed!

As a general rule, anything Hornfischer writes is worth your money, whether it be Neptune’s Inferno or The Fleet at Flood Tide, which I just recently finished.

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