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Originally Posted by Joe Bob
I remember the description of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The guy that got the "Medal" was driving a mini tin can aka destroyer escort. The razzle made him distorted in size with the optics the enemy was using. The Japanese couldn't get a accurate range on him. And kept missing him. They should have blown him out of the water.
He was able to cruise in a wreak havoc on a superior force.
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You have a good memory Z. I watched a documentary on this ship a few years ago. Pretty amazing stuff.....
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413)
Cmdr. Paul Rinn, the first commanding officer of the third USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58), believed in the power of naval heritage to inspire a crew. He insisted that his sailors know about the previous U.S. warships that bore Roberts‘ name.
The first such ship, USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) was a small, lightly armed escort ship of no particular note — until it helped win the world’s largest naval battle. In an action that eminent naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison called “the most valiant of the entire war,” DE 413 and its fellow “small boys” helped turn away a vastly more powerful Japanese force and ensure American victory in the Pacific.
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USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) | Bradley Peniston