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Source: NPR "Talk of the Nation"

Roundup

12-18-06

WWII Battle of Leyte Gulf was largest naval battle in history [audio 12min]

Author Evan Thomas talks about his book Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945 and the history of World War II's Battle of Leyte Gulf, off the coast of the Philippine Island of Samar. Thomas is Assistant Managing Editor of Newsweek.

Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"