Theirs is a mostly-forgotten battle from World War II, a David vs. Goliath fight where they were David. And David won. Now, 70 years later, veterans of the Battle Off Samar in the Philippines are ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For only the second time in history, enemy battleships had managed to close within gun-range of aircraft carriers. But in the Battle of Samar, nothing went as ...

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - American heroes reunite at a special event on the USS Midway Museum. Forty-nine surviving veterans were honored for their service on the anniversary of the Battle off Samar. It ...

In the pre-dawn glow of October 25, 1944, four tubby TBF Avenger torpedo bombers took off on a routine patrol from the USS St. Lo. She was one of sixteen small escorts carriers in Taskforce 74.4 ...