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To: kiryandil

thank you! Reading the below, one can almost imagine the intensity of the battle:

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/samar.html

“The hard-hit Johnston was also back in action. They faced not only a Japanese cruiser division, but also most of the Japanese destroyers. U.S. and Japanese ships zig-zagged, and exchanged intensive gunfire and torpedoes in the melee-like conditions. Johnston was still able to lay such a heavy fire on the Japanese cruisers Haguro and Tone that these reported her as a “heavy cruiser.”


11 posted on 04/02/2021 5:27:49 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum
She only had 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns as main armament.

The Taffies were on the Japs like a pack of angry honey badgers.

17 posted on 04/02/2021 5:44:29 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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