Nathan Canestaro is a professional intelligence officer whose research on his grandfather’s service in World War II led to a decade-long effort to uncover the story of Cowpens and her crew. Currently on assignment to the National Intelligence Council, Nathan has twenty-five years of experience writing about military operations for policymakers in the US government. He has graduate degrees from the University of Tennessee, Georgetown, and Yale, and lives outside Washington, DC, with his family. This is his first book.
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An inspiring tale of how a scrappy little World War II aircraft carrier and its untested crew earned a distinguished combat record and beat incredible odds to earn 12 battle stars in the Pacific. 'A jaw-dropping tale of American sailors at war overcomi... SEE MORE