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IN-MAY 1942, Admiral Jack port Fletcher's Task Make 17 closed in for the war's first major clash with japan Navy. The Neosho, a quite crucial tanker, was escorted by the destroyer, the Sims. The ships were attacked by Japanese dive bombers, so when the smoke cigars cleared, the Sims got slipped beneath the waves. Ratings of sailors were killed or wounded while hundreds bobbed in shark-infested waters. It was the start of a hellish four-day ordeal as the staff struggled to stay alive and keep their dispatch afloat, while almost 200 men in life rafts drifted away without drinking water, food, or shelter. Only four of these would endure to be rescued after nine days. A tale of the ship as difficult and resilient as its staff, The Dispatch That Wouldn't Die catches the indomitable nature of the American sailor - and finally brings to the top one of the fantastic untold sagas of the Pacific Conflict.
