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LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS
A Lou Reda Production
On THE HISTORY CHANNEL
November 11th, Time to be announced

New York, October 29, 2005 --

LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS
BRINGS BATTLE OFF SAMAR TO HISTORY CHANNEL

Over three days, beginning on October 23rd, 1944 the greatest naval battle in history was fought.  As it raged, there were two-and-a-half harrowing hours when America's whole Pacific campaign hung in the balance. Only the suicidal courage of a few brave sailors, in a handful of ships nicknamed Tin Cans, averted what might have been a strategic disaster for U.S forces. In a fight that made David vs. Goliath look like a sporting proposition, seven tiny US destroyers and destroyer escorts sacrificed themselves against a twenty-three ship Japanese armada of battleships and heavy cruisers to save MacArthur's Leyte beachhead from annihilation.

The gripping saga of the Tin Can heroes of the Battle Off Samar premieres on History Channel November 11, 2005.