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 ...
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a small group of American escort carriers and destroyers unexpectedly faced the most powerful surface fleet Japan ever assembled. Vastly outgunned and outnumbered, the ...