Different battle. USS Heermann was part of Taffey 3 in the Battle off Samar. The “Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.”
>> Different battle. USS Heermann was part of Taffey 3 in the Battle off Samar. The “Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.” <<
My Dad never spoke of the battle or anything else about WW2 other than the name of his ship. I only knew he was on the Heermann during some serious engagement off the Philippine coast where a lot of the crew and officers were killed. I didn’t find out details until 40 some years after he died when I came across another sailor who served on the Heermann who remembered him.