For your Memorial Day consideration; Lt Cmdr Ernest Evans

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Lt Commander Evans was the Skipper of the USS Johnston DD-557 during the Battle off Samar.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar

My Grandfather was on the USS Kalinin Bay, and almost certainly would not have made it home if not for this man.
Thousands of US service men would likely had not made it home if not for his, and his crews sacrifice.

Take a moment to read what these men did, one morning in the far Pacific.