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To: nickcarraway

Leave the ships alone.
These are military graves and should not be desecrated by grave robbers. Leave the graves of heroes alone (both Japanese and American).
I would not be surprised to find that one of the ships was the Imperial cruiser Chikuma, sunk by USS Heermann, DD532, during the battle. Of the 8 destroyers and destroyer escorts that went out to face the Japanese Fleet, only one returned, and then only after taking heavy damage and loss of life.


7 posted on 12/09/2017 4:27:22 PM PST by BuffaloJack (Men stand up for freedom; slaves kneel before their masters.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Different battle. USS Heermann was part of Taffey 3 in the Battle off Samar. The “Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.”


10 posted on 12/09/2017 5:58:10 PM PST by bruoz
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To: BuffaloJack

Totally agree.
Their locations shouldn’t be publicized.
These are war graves.


11 posted on 12/09/2017 6:37:49 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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