Tin Can Sailors is the name of The National Association of Destroyer Veterans in the

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. It currently numbers approximately 20,000 members as of the end of 2010. "Tin can sailor" is a term used to refer to sailors on

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s. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is a book by

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about the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944, in which destroyers saw off a much larger force of Japanese ships. ''Tales from a Tin Can: The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay'' is a book by Michael Keith Olson which follows the destroyer USS ''Dale'' throughout World War II. The exploits of her sailors are told in their own words.
Tin Can Sailors Will Not Be Forgotten
' is a 53-minute-long documentary film directed by Greg Berg, which follows the destroyer USS ''Morris'' through her 15 battle stars earned in The Pacific War. The sailors themselves tell the story as recollections from a modern-day reunion.

External links

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