The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour #[nn]

A graphic novel adaptation of James D. Hornfischer's acclaimed historical account of the Battle off Samar, the October 1944 engagement in which a small force of American destroyer escorts and escort carriers faced an overwhelming Japanese fleet in what many consider the U.S. Navy's most heroic stand of World War II. Published under Naval Institute Press's Dead Reckoning imprint, which specializes in comics and graphic novels on naval and maritime subjects, this collected edition brings the harrowing story of Taffy 3 to the sequential art format. Readers drawn to the intersection of military history and comics storytelling will find this an accessible entry point into one of the Pacific War's most dramatic episodes.