re: #562 Dark_Falcon

Leyte Gulf is a great battle to read about. While in many ways the IJN was doomed from the start, they came fairly close to inflicting a serious defeat on the US. America was saved thousands of casualties by Admiral Kurita’s bungling.

The book is “Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors”. When I think of Cmdr. E. Evans taking the DE USS Johnston and charging the IJN battle line, I tear up. One of his men said, “Skipper, don’t let us go down with torpedoes in our tubes.” What bravery.