Ernest E. Evans at the Battle off Samar aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts

Ernest E. Evans at the Battle off Samar aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts

May 23 , 2026

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Ernest E. Evans stood alone on the deck of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, the storm of battle raging around him. Enemy shells thudded like the drumbeat of death. He gripped the wheel with cracked hands...

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Ernest E. Evans and Samuel B. Roberts' Last Stand at Samar

Ernest E. Evans and Samuel B. Roberts' Last Stand at Samar

May 19 , 2026

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He stood alone against a ghost fleet. The USS Samuel B. Roberts, a destroyer escort of barely 1,200 tons, roaring into the jaws of a 23-ship Japanese armada. With guns blazing and engines burning, ...

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Ernest E. Evans and the USS Samuel B. Roberts' Last Charge

Ernest E. Evans and the USS Samuel B. Roberts' Last Charge

May 12 , 2026

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Smoke choked the horizon. Radar blipped warnings no man wanted. USS Samuel B. Roberts—a slender destroyer escort—was face to face with a Japanese fleet built to crush entire task forces. Captain Er...

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Ernest E. Evans and Samuel B. Roberts' Last Stand at Samar

Ernest E. Evans and Samuel B. Roberts' Last Stand at Samar

Apr 27 , 2026

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Ernest E. Evans stood on the bridge of USS Samuel B. Roberts, eyes locked on the horizon where death rode thick in the smoke and fire of steel giants. Against an armada built to crush him, he chose...

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Ernest E. Evans and the Courage of USS Samuel B. Roberts

Ernest E. Evans and the Courage of USS Samuel B. Roberts

Apr 26 , 2026

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Ernest E. Evans stood on the bridge of USS Samuel B. Roberts, the salt spray ripping at his face. Enemy shells screamed past, overwhelming firepower closing in like a noose. No reinforcements. No e...

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Ernest E. Evans and USS Samuel B. Roberts' Last Stand at Leyte Gulf

Ernest E. Evans and USS Samuel B. Roberts' Last Stand at Leyte Gulf

Apr 23 , 2026

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Ernest E. Evans stood on the quarterdeck of USS Samuel B. Roberts, eyes burning through the smoke and chaos. The sick thunder of Japanese shells hammered his ship. His destroyer escort, no bigger t...

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