samar

Just finished reading "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" by James Hornfischer, and it leaves me with the following question: Who committed the greater dereliction of duty, Halsey by leaving the beach head undefended to chase Ozawa's decoy aircaft carriers, or Kurita by retiring from the scene...

70 years ago, the greatest fight between a numerically inferior force against a Goliath took place. The US kicked the asses of the IJN fleet off of Samar. A salute to you veterans of the battle. You are in the very last twilight years of your lives, and a final salute to you is in order! Well...