For Stephen Reagan, Wednesday was a day Reagan has anticipated since first hearing of Ernest E ... Muskogee's Central High School, Evans was the commander of the USS Johnston, a Fletcher-class ...

The novel tells the riveting true story of Commander Ernest Evans and the crew of the USS Johnston as they faced overwhelming odds during a critical naval battle. Their courage and tactical ...

Cmdr. Ernest E. Evans, who helmed the destroyer USS Johnston during the opening salvos of Leyte Gulf. The book was co-written by Hornfischer and his son, David J. Hornfischer. Like many men who ...

"This is going to be a fighting ship," Navy Cmdr. Ernest Evans of Oklahoma said at the commissioning of his destroyer, the USS Johnston, which was sunk a year later in the biggest naval battle ...

The lead ship of the class was the USS Fletcher (DD-445 ... The skipper of the Johnston, Cmdr. Ernest E. Evans, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in that engagement.

On Tuesday, a monument honoring Commander Ernest E. Evans was dedicated during a ceremony ... the rank of commander and was assigned to the USS Johnston in August of 1943. On Oct. 25, 1944 ...

"Ernest Evans is one more reason I am proud to be an Okie in Muskogee,” Mayor Marlon Coleman said at the dedication. Evans was the Commander of the USS Johnston during the Battle off Samar ...

Ernest E. Evans, and Samuel B ... On paper, Taffy 3 stood no chance. USS Johnston Shortly after Kurita's ships were spotted at about 6:35 a.m., the American destroyers formed a protective circle ...

Looking at definitive proof that the long lost USS Johnston had been found ... late Navy commander and Medal of Honor recipient Ernest E. Evans — is moving closer to completion.