The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet

<p> After the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7), American sailors of the Asiatic Fleet (where it was December 8) were abandoned by Washington and left to conduct a war on their own, isolated from the rest of the U.S. naval forces. Their fate in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies was often grim--many died aboard burning ships, were executed upon capture or spent years as prisoners of war.</p><p> Many books have been written about the ships of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, yet few