Ronald B. Hanchett is one of millions of Americans to have served his country honorably… He is an American Patriot! Thank you for your service!
USS Tabberer – a small John C. Butler-class destroyer escort – lost her mast and radio antennas. Though damaged and unable to radio for help, the ship remained on the scene and recovered 55 of the 93 total sailors who were rescued from capsized ships. Captain Henry Lee Plage earned the Legion of Merit, while the entire crew earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, which was presented to them by Halsey.
In the words of Admiral Chester Nimitz, the typhoon’s impact “…represented a more crippling blow to the Third Fleet than it might be expected to suffer in anything less than a major action.” The events surrounding Typhoon Cobra were similar to those the Japanese navy itself faced some nine years earlier in what they termed the “Fourth Fleet Incident”. To read more visit -Wikipedia