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James D. Hornfischer

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Hornfischer’s writing career has grown out of a lifelong interest in the Pacific war. He has appeared on television on The History Channel, Fox News Channel’s “War Stories with Oliver North” and C-SPAN’s “BookTV.” A frequent speaker on the subject of the war in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy, and the experience of America’s sailors in World War II, he frequently addresses veterans organizations, youth and civic groups, and professional naval organizations on the inspiring stories found in his books.

A native of Massachusetts, and a graduate of Colgate University and the University of Texas School of Law, Hornfischer is a member of the Naval Order of the United States, the Navy League, and was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry as an “Admira...more

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Average rating: 4.27 · 1,479 ratings · 230 reviews · 9 distinct works

	The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour 4.33 avg rating — 902 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal 4.23 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors 4.05 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Right Thinking: Conservative Common Sense Through the Ages by James D. Hornfischer, Sue Carswell (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Hate is Not a Family Value: A Quotebook for Liberals in a Right-Wing World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	Last Man Out: Surviving the Burma-Thailand Death Railway: A Memoir by H. Robert Charles, James D. Hornfischer (Foreword by) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sergeant Shelton's Black Book: Young Men and War--The Special Operations Legacy for a New Generation by Billy Shelton, James D. Hornfischer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Service: A Navy SEAL at War by Marcus Luttrell, James D. Hornfischer (With) 4.62 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Service - Free Preview: A Navy SEAL at War by Marcus Luttrell, James D. Hornfischer (With) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:

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“...the experience of battle forever divides those who talk of nothing else but its prospect from those who talk of everything else but its memory.”
― James D. Hornfischer

tags: battle , combat , war , wwii-history

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