Hornfischer’s “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” (2004) is dedicated to about two hours of action in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, mostly on “tin cans,” the Navy term of endearment for ...

They are the historians who are working to preserve the legacy of the destroyer veterans, a.k.a. The Tin Can Sailors. The National Association of Destroyer Veterans is a group numbering 12,000 ...

You’ll meet another sailor whose ‘tin can’ went head to head with a massive Japanese battleship. And you’ll learn, from a survivor, what it’s like to have suicidal kamikazes smash into ...

Despite the harshness and perils, tin-can sailors would take no other duty. Few ever transfer to larger ships; fewer do so voluntarily. I would not have missed my time with Nicholas for the world.

Years later he has used his youthful fascination with the American seaman and ships that fought across the Pacific to write "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors," a gripping saga of carnage and ...

The local chapter of Tin Can Sailors began an effort to help a local teen who needs a heart transplant. The group consisting of retired navy veterans presented a check to the teenager, who is the ...

Roy L. Powell is proud to be a Tin Can Sailor. The 88-year-old Alvin resident is a life member of Tin Can Sailors, the National Association of Destroyer Veterans. Now he's trying to connect with ...

For the second year in a row, the Tin Can Sailors reconvened in Lincoln on Friday and Saturday. Co-chairperson of the Tin Can Sailors’ reunion Nicole Smith is the granddaughter of Waverly ...

Hornfischer in “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” (2004) and several volumes by John Wukovits, most recently “Tin Can Titans” (2017). Mr. Johnson has nonetheless navigated the shoals ...