Typhoon, the Other Enemy: The Third Fleet and the Pacific Storm of December 1944Tells the story of how the U.S. Third Fleet weathered a severe typhoon in the Philippine Sea. |
Contents
Symptoms of Instability | 3 |
Typhoon Warning at Ulithi | 9 |
DesRon One Joins the Third Fleet | 19 |
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