The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?
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Published 2019-02-27
And win.
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All Comments (21)
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“The Japanese Imperial Navy's Center Force fleet is bearing down on a handful of American escort carriers....but wait! Here comes the USS Johnston with a steel chair!!!”
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Japanese Battleship: “Oh, you’re actually approaching me??” USS Johnston: “I can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer.”
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I’m not entirely convinced that the Johnston isn’t to this day sitting on the ocean floor planning its single handed amphibious assault on the Japanese mainland
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"Faced with an enemy whose gun turrets weigh more than the entire ship, Johnston decides running is boring."
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"This is to be a fighting ship and I intend to take her into harms way." He didn't fucking lie. He stood against capital ships for 3 fucking hours. What a true American hero.
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American carriers were servicing planes from squadrons that came from who knows where, without question. Anything to get planes rearmed and back up. Meanwhile, in Imperial Japan, the Army can’t even be bothered to tell the Navy that they spotted the enemy.
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"I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!" -USS Johnston
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“We call it a destroyer. We’re going to earn that name today, boys.” USS Johnston
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after the 6th AP shell passes through your ship without detonating just making very large holes. "STOP PUTTING HOLES INTO ME BLOODY SHIP!!"
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Lt Frank Lupo departed one of the light carriers with no ordnance but constantly buzzed the enemy ships, rolling on it's side as he passed and shooting at the bridge with his .45 sidearm. That's either incredibly heroic or he was really pissed
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When a more cautious approach may have guaranteed tomorrow, the Johnston and her crew chose eternity.
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It's almost a crime that today there are no USN ships bearing the name Johnston or Evans ... their stories need to be told forevermore.
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Narrator: "As the Johnston goes down..." Correction: As the Johnston engages submarine mode for its 6th counterattack...
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This was the only time the worlds largest battleship Yamato fired at enemy ships, and a destroyer chased her away.
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That pilot that found an entirely new wing in an active battle is a legend
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“A Johnston- free firing position…” Read, “Any point on the map marked as ‘reserved for those too cowardly or too smart to fight the Johnston’.”
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Had the japanese not retreated the Johnston crew would have attempted boarding actions
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"A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that Americans don't read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine" Just win. Taffy 3 all day every day.
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Can you imagine what it must have felt like to be flying above the South Pacific on a warm day, listening to other people fight on the radio, and you dip beneath the cloud cover for another look at the clear blue sea only to come cockpit-to-mast with the fucking Yamato.
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IJN Officer: "Sir, we've got the enemy on the run!" IJN Captain: [Calmly points toward the rapidly approaching USN Johnston]
