JOHNSON, Bonnie Harold, Fireman Second Class, Service no. 6369075, US Navy Reserve, USS Eversole (DE-404), Enl.: Georgia, MIA, date of loss October 29, 1944, location Philippine Sea
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cummings and Kate B. Johnson, Star Route, Franklin, Ga.
Another cenotaph (with family links) #112115064
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USS EVERSOLE (DE-404) OCTOBER 28, 1944
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when a decisive victory was won after great hazard to the escort carriers and their screens, Eversole screened two of the damaged carriers, rescued downed pilots, and took wounded off one of the carriers. In the early morning of 28 October, Eversole made contact by sonar with a submarine, and only half a minute later suffered the first of two torpedo hits. The ship was ordered abandoned, and after the men were all in the water, the submarine surfaced and opened fire, then dived once more. Five minutes later there was a tremendous underwater explosion which killed or wounded all of Eversole's men. Lights from the survivors' flashlights attracted two other escorts, one of which rescued the 139 wounded survivors, as the other began a series of attacks which sank I-45, presumably the Japanese submarine which had torpedoed Eversole. www.wrecksite.eu
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cummings and Kate B. Johnson, Star Route, Franklin, Ga.
Another cenotaph (with family links) #112115064
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USS EVERSOLE (DE-404) OCTOBER 28, 1944
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when a decisive victory was won after great hazard to the escort carriers and their screens, Eversole screened two of the damaged carriers, rescued downed pilots, and took wounded off one of the carriers. In the early morning of 28 October, Eversole made contact by sonar with a submarine, and only half a minute later suffered the first of two torpedo hits. The ship was ordered abandoned, and after the men were all in the water, the submarine surfaced and opened fire, then dived once more. Five minutes later there was a tremendous underwater explosion which killed or wounded all of Eversole's men. Lights from the survivors' flashlights attracted two other escorts, one of which rescued the 139 wounded survivors, as the other began a series of attacks which sank I-45, presumably the Japanese submarine which had torpedoed Eversole. www.wrecksite.eu
JOHNSON, Bonnie Harold, Fireman Second Class, Service no. 6369075, US Navy Reserve, USS Eversole (DE-404), Enl.: Georgia, MIA, date of loss October 29, 1944, location Philippine Sea
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cummings and Kate B. Johnson, Star Route, Franklin, Ga.
Another cenotaph (with family links) #112115064
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USS EVERSOLE (DE-404) OCTOBER 28, 1944
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when a decisive victory was won after great hazard to the escort carriers and their screens, Eversole screened two of the damaged carriers, rescued downed pilots, and took wounded off one of the carriers. In the early morning of 28 October, Eversole made contact by sonar with a submarine, and only half a minute later suffered the first of two torpedo hits. The ship was ordered abandoned, and after the men were all in the water, the submarine surfaced and opened fire, then dived once more. Five minutes later there was a tremendous underwater explosion which killed or wounded all of Eversole's men. Lights from the survivors' flashlights attracted two other escorts, one of which rescued the 139 wounded survivors, as the other began a series of attacks which sank I-45, presumably the Japanese submarine which had torpedoed Eversole. www.wrecksite.eu
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cummings and Kate B. Johnson, Star Route, Franklin, Ga.
Another cenotaph (with family links) #112115064
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USS EVERSOLE (DE-404) OCTOBER 28, 1944
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, when a decisive victory was won after great hazard to the escort carriers and their screens, Eversole screened two of the damaged carriers, rescued downed pilots, and took wounded off one of the carriers. In the early morning of 28 October, Eversole made contact by sonar with a submarine, and only half a minute later suffered the first of two torpedo hits. The ship was ordered abandoned, and after the men were all in the water, the submarine surfaced and opened fire, then dived once more. Five minutes later there was a tremendous underwater explosion which killed or wounded all of Eversole's men. Lights from the survivors' flashlights attracted two other escorts, one of which rescued the 139 wounded survivors, as the other began a series of attacks which sank I-45, presumably the Japanese submarine which had torpedoed Eversole. www.wrecksite.eu
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