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Message: <blockquote data-quote="briarcreekguy" data-source="post: 1687886" data-attributes="member: 16975">" The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" by James D. Hornfischer. It is about the naval battle of Samar, where the American fleet was forced to battle a superior Japanese fleet. I'm proud to say that my grandfather was on one of the ships in the American fleet. He lived for many years after the war, and seldom mentioned his part in the war. To Cohiba: Bill Tilghman did die in the line of duty, but he was a rather old man at the time. His killer, Wily Lynn, died in a shootout in Marshall County, where he killed another lawman and an innocent bystander.</blockquote>