IN HARM'S WAY THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE USS JOHNSTON

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On October 25, 1944, through a series of naval movements, a small 13 ship destroyer task force found itself the only thing between a huge 23 ship Japanese battle fleet and the American landing force attempting to free the Japanese held Philippine Islands. When the choice came to run south, one destroyer commander named Ernest Evans,a Cherokee Indian who had joined to fight, charged the entire Japanese fleet alone, guns blazing and torpedoes firing, while the crew of largest battleship in the world, the Yamato, watched in stunned amazement. This incredibly brave action gave the rest of the small support force named Taffy 3 the incentive to attack, which they did, ultimately wreaking huge damage upon the surprised Japanese fleet, saving the Philippine invasion,and handing the Japanese navy a defeat from which they never recovered. TEST YOUR HISTORY SMARTS! CATCH OUR NEWEST SHOW 1001 HISTORY CHALLENGE HERE: (main website all 1001 shows) https://www.1001storiespodcast.com or HERE: at Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iwdojx2zx4jj2xj25fwupwrdcxq or HERE at Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-history-challenge/id1482436263 CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED FOR NEW SHOWS! REVIEWS NEEDED FOR NEW SHOWS! A SECOND NEW SHOW AT 1001- 1001 HISTORY'S BEST STORYTELLERS- OUR INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF TODAY'S BEST HISTORY AUTHORS ...LINKS BELOW... all shows available at www.1001storiespodcast.com The Apple Podcast Link for 1001 History's Best Storytellers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 The Stitcher.com link for 1001 History's Best Storytellers is:: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=474955&refid=stpr. SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The eternal Father strong to save goods on that bound the restless way.
0:24.0	Who is the mighty ocean deep, it's on the point of enmity.
0:42.0	For hear us when we cry to be for those in peril on the sea.
1:01.0	He turned off our grants, we pray to all our reasonable nights and day.
1:19.0	The courage, honor, strength and skill, then to survive our fulfill.
1:37.0	We vow the shield forevermore from every day to the home.
1:58.0	The courage, honor, strength and skill.
2:13.0	We had action, but it wasn't very personal.
2:44.0	At about 7 o'clock in the morning, on the 25th of October, 1944, we were sent in a very peaceful existence guarding six aircraft carriers.
3:04.0	They were used for shore bombardment, not for action against other ships.
3:19.0	We were protecting them, there were several destroyers and escorts.
3:33.0	Some airplanes went flying over real close, lower to the water, and we didn't know at first what they were, and they were our scout planes that had been sent off for the morning search.
4:04.0	Before that speech was done, we had turned and were attacking the old Japanese fleet single-handedly.
4:12.0	Our captains were very, very courageous, very dedicated, very, very competent, name loss.
4:23.0	He attacked the whole fleet, all by himself, guns blazing, just like in movies, John Wayne movies, attacking the Indians, he was attacking the old Japanese fleet.
4:53.0	Welcome back, 1,001 Heroes fans.
5:06.0	Today's story, the incredible true story of the Battle of Samar in 1944, during which an extremely aggressive sea battle was fought by a small 13-ship U.S. task force called Taffy-3,
5:19.0	which had been caught off guard by a much larger 23-ship Japanese attack fleet led by the largest and most powerful battleship in existence at that time, the heavily armored Japanese fleet ship Yamato, a ship so large that it outweighed the combined total of the 13 American ships and had double the firing range.
5:41.0	When attacked by surprise, Taffy-3's plan had suddenly become a defensive one, the objectives being to lay down smoke screens, retreat and try to protect their light carriers as best they could.
5:54.0	They were not an attack force and had no battleships. Technically, they were doomed to a slaughter, their only option being to stall for time and hope their carrier plans could do some damage before their light carriers,
6:08.0	the only place those plans could return to were blown out of the water.
6:13.0	The defining moment in the direction of this battle came near the beginning when an American destroyer named the USS Johnston, which founded so positioned closest to the surprise attack of that vastly superior attacking Japanese fleet,
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