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• Hornfischer, James, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour. 2004
   
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• Hoyt, Edwin P., The Battle of Leyte Gulf. 1972

• Hoyt, Edwin P., The Men of the Gambier Bay. 1979

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• Lindley, John M., Carrier Victory: The Air War in the Pacific, Chapter 9. 1978

• Macintyre, Donald, Leyte Gulf - armada in the Pacific. 1969

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