Here’s What You Need to Remember: The battleship was seriously damaged during the attack and soon sank in the days that followed. However, her salvage, repair and modernization were completed by the ...

USS Princeton fought across the Pacific and reached the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 as part of the force covering ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, shown here a week or two before she was lost in the battle. (U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. service members take part in a memorial service on the flight deck of the USS Suwannee on October 29, 1944. On October 26, ...

NORFOLK, Va. - Downtown Norfolk's MacArthur Memorial hosted an event on Saturday commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The battle was a key U.S. victory during World War II ...

Robert Copeland was a newly minted 30-year-old lawyer when he was called up for active duty at the outset of World War II. In October of 1944, at Leyte Gulf, he would steer his outgunned destroyer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, ...

Oct. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1825, the Erie Canal, America's first man-made waterway, was opened, linking the Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River. In 1881, the storied ...

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements. In spite of hopeless odds, Japanese Adm ...