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#NeverForgotten #HonorAndRemember #UltimateSacrifice #TinCanSailor #destroyerman #BattleOffSamar #WWII #MilitaryHistory #destroyer #museum #education #learningisfun
Rewatching #艦これ: Who would win?
The greatest battleship man hath built?
Or a handful of these slow-flying chonky boys? 😏
#BattleoffSamar
This week's #Scuttlebutt: RADM Sam Cox, USN (Ret.)'s presentation on the incredible #BattleOffSamar during the larger #BattleOfLeyteGulf on Oct 25, 1944.
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#WWII #navalhistory #BattleshipIOWA
Here the link to my story on the #sammyb which sank during the #battleoffsamar during #WWII in the Philippines. Her skipper was from the #pnw Thanks for finding her @VictorVescovo
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Bust of LtCmdr Ernest E. Evans, hero of the #BattleOffSamar. Gave his life in defense of American liberty and Task Force 3 on this day, 78 years ago. Posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Dedicated in Muskogee this morning. #ussjohnston #taffy3
The battle ensign from the USS Samuel B. Roberts (De-413) It was removed from the #sammyb before she sank and kept hidden for years. It's now on display at the @UW The man in the cap is Jack Yusen. @VictorVescovo @USNHistory #WWII #battleoffsamar
During #WWII #BattleoffSamar, US naval force defended against Japanese Centre Force. Actions of ship #SammyB damaged the massive Japanese fleet & delayed it until Japanese commander broke off the action and retreated for home. More: https://t.co/BlpHKP4xHJ
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The torpedo tubes of USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (DE-413) led to her rediscovery off of Samar today. #BattleOffSamar #neverforgotten #honorandremember #ultimatesacrifice
On June 18, pilot Tim Macdonald (L) and sonar specialist Jeremie Morizet (R), onboard the submersible Limiting Factor, located a torpedo rack undeniably from the USS Samuel B Roberts (DE 413): "The Destroyer Escort that fought like a battleship" during the Battle off Samar, 1944.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf - the largest naval battle of World War II - began #onthisday in 1944. The significance of the Navy Task Group assisted in leading to Japan's defeat in 1945.
#OTD #ThisDayinHistory #BattleofLeyteGulf #BattleoffSamar #WorldWarII #WWII #NavyHistory #NMUSN
VC-93, FM-2 Wildcat in progress.
F*ck Admiral Halsey.
#BattleoffSamar
The captain of USS Johnston, the destroyer putting the smoke screen that Japanese fleets could not bomb the rest of the US fleet behind it effectively was a native American.煙幕展開中被弾沈没の駆逐艦ジョンストンの艦長はインディアンと米国の友から。#サマール沖海戦 #BattleOffSamar
@kowchan9 news!
USS Johnston
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“Stop bothering me! Go help those men that are hurt!” – CDR Ernest E Evans, to the medic scrambling to bandage his mangled hand.
Evans had just lost 2 fingers to an artillery strike that destroyed the bridge of the USS Johnston (DD-557) at the #BattleOffSamar, 76 years ago today.
Victor Vescova & Parks Stephenson are researching Fletcher-class destroyers in prep for a dive aboard DSV LIMITING FACTOR, looking for shipwrecks in Leyte Gulf. #underwaterarchaeology #shipwreck #history #navy #WWII #BattleOffSamar #LeyteGulf #museum #education #learningisfun
U.S.S. Johnston, a Fletcher-class destroyer, w/c sunk at #BattleOffSamar in #BattleofLeyteGulf, is finally found! The Taffy 3, the squadron led by the ship, was outclassed by Kurita's Center Force w/c included the humonguos Battleship Yamato. #WWII https://t.co/MSNyT9k8cE
Thank you for all who serve. Eternal gratitude for the some that gave all. Especially the crew of the USS Johnston #BattleOffSamar #LeyteGulf #SaluteToService
How many know the depth of military sacrifice and dedication to our freedom?
#BattleOffSamar
"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
#HeroesAll
#UnimaginableCourage
#JustSayin'
That is all.
On this #MemorialDay I raise a glass to the men who paid with their lives Oct. 25th, 1944 in the #battleoffsamar. #leyte #USNavy #SammyB RIP
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