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“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.” With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the mightiest ships of the Japanese navy, a massive fleet that represented the last hope of a staggering empire. All that stood between it and Douglas MacArthur’ s vulnerable invasion force were the Roberts and the other small ships of a tiny American flotilla poised to charge into history. In the tradition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our...
A comprehensive history of roads and road-building in Ontario. In this beautifully illustrated book, virtually every facet of the road building industry in Ontario is discussed, from labour relations to safety, politics, and financing. Follow the history of road-building technology from the first crude trails hacked through dense forests by homesteaders to the corduroy roads, planks roads, stone roads, macadam pavements, hot mix asphalt pavements, and concrete roads. See how the engineering and construction of bridges has progressed from the first jack pine logs placed across a stream to the complex structures that span international waters and thousands of rivers today. Follow the developme...
Volume contains: 139 NY 237 (Equity Gas Light Co. v. McKeige) 139 NY 307 (Casco Nat'l Bk v. Clark) 139 NY 320 (Saxton v. N.Y. Elev. R.R. Co.) 139 NY 364 (Vulcan v. Myers) 139 NY 369 (Kaare v. Troy Steel & Iron Co.) 139 NY 422 (Matter of City of Buffalo) 139 NY 432 (Friedland v. Myers) 139 NY 619 (Upington v. Pooler) 139 NY 621 (People v. Fowler) 140 NY 193 (Mack v. Snell)