[yarddog]

I saw the story of the battle on one of the history channels.

The story is almost unbelievable. Where did we get such men? Something, somehow produced these heroes in WWII. I guess the depression had something to do with it.

They were not just brave, they were good.

[Jacquerie]

Hornfischer is an admitted jock-sniffer and a readable, entertaining historian.

He attended several reunions of Taffy-3. All of the Johnston survivors said they did what any destroyer crew would have done under the same leadership.

[jmacusa]

In my opinion ‘’The Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors’’ was the US Navy's finest moment. Those men, kids really, most just 18 and 19 years stood their ground and shot the piss out of a larger enemy force and sent it running. Of particular note was the destroyer U.S.S Johnston and it's captain. That ship just hung in there like a bulldog and kept on shooting.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Halsey should have been relieved of command. His job was to support the Leyte landings not go tearing after a Japanese fleet sent to lure him out

Leyte was a close run thing but thanks to Admiral Kincaid Admiral Oldendorff and the destroyers we won that one