Halsey & Evans, Kurita & Ugaki Faced Off in Last Great Naval Campaign [video 53min]

Evan Thomas chronicles the Pacific naval campaign of World War II. Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945 details how two navies prepared to fight each other on Leyte Gulf and profiles American naval officers Admiral William Halsey and Commander Ernest Evans and Japanese officers Admiral Takeo Kurita and Admiral Matome Ugaki. Thomas is assistant managing editor of Newsweek and the author of John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy. This event was hosted by the Free Library of Philadelphia.