Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "USS Johnston - Guide 128" video.

The sad thing about it, is that Taffy 3 was left with there tales hanging in the breeze because Halsey took off to go battle some air craft carriers that didn't really even have any planes or pilots enough to worry about WHEN HIS ORDERS were to protect the landings of the troops. And because of the "screw up" by one of their Admirals, they don't seem to publicize the story of Taffy 3 much. In my opinion, it is one of the best stories of WW2. However, I do wish Captain Evans had lived to tell the tale. Taffy 3 deserves a monument in DC!
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@thesage1096 It's too bad that Captain Evans couldn't have led a boarding party. With his Native American background I'm sure he would have proudly taken many Japanese scalps! He deserved the pleasure of taking them in to the spirit world with him! Some may think it gross but such dominance of an enemy deserves much more recognition than it got. Especially considering the circumstances!!! Captain Evans lives in my mind as one of the true heroes of WW2. He fought & drove away a force 10 times his own in an effort to save the escort carriers behind him & the tens of thousands that were landing on the beaches. And had he not succeeded tens of thousands of Americans would have died. Each escort carrier had about a thousand men aboard & I think there was about 5 in the vicinity, if not more. And then all of the men on shore that had landed I'm not sure how many, but with it being the Philippines it was probably ten thousand strong or more.
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