http://www.metafilter.com/tags/leytegulf/rss tag posts with leytegulf Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:25:20 -0800 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:25:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/55807/Battle-off-Samar On 14 April 1988, the missile frigate <a href="http://navysite.de/ffg/FFG58.HTM">Samuel B. Roberts</a> was damaged by a mine in the Persian Gulf. Some 45 years before, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_B._Roberts">Coxswain Samuel B. Roberts</a> was killed when he guided his boat in front of Japanese lines on Guadalcanal in an effort to distract their fire from a rescue party evacuating wounded marines. In between was the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, which on 25 October 1944 sailed into history in the <a href="http://www.bosamar.com/">Battle off Samar</a>. (Long post inside for history buffs.) tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.55807 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:25:20 -0800 WWII samar leytegulf USN forrest