The people
Captains and admirals.
803 officers, each tied to a fight. Open a name for the story. Where there is a photograph, it is his. The others are initials.
Aaron S. Merrill
USN
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-02. Rear Admiral, in command of Task Force 39. His flag was in Montpelier.
Andrew G. Shepard
USN
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-02. Captain of Cleveland. In Merrill's cruiser line. The cruisers sank Sendai. Not credited to one ship.
Arleigh A. Burke
USN
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-02. Captain, commanding Destroyer Squadron 23. His flag was in Charles Ausburne, in the van.
Bernard L. Austin
USN
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-02. Commander of the rear destroyers: Spence, Thatcher, Converse, and Foote.
Clifton Sprague
USN
- Battle off Samar 1944-10-25. Rear Admiral, in command of Taffy 3. His flag was in Fanshaw Bay.
David A. Hurt
USN
- The loss of Perch 1942-03-03. Lieutenant Commander, in command on the patrol that ended her.
Ernest E. Evans (Medal of Honor)
USN
- Battle off Samar 1944-10-25. Johnston's only captain. He took her in on his own.
Frederick Moosbrugger
USN
- Battle of Vella Gulf 1943-08-06. Commanded the US destroyers, Task Group 31.2
Konishi
IJN
- Bombardment of Midway 1941-12-07. Captain, commanding Destroyer Division 7. His flag was in Ushio.
Leon S. Kintberger
USN
- Battle off Samar 1944-10-25. Captain of Hoel. He lived, and was given the Navy Cross.
Matsuji Ijuin
IJN
- Battle off Horaniu 1943-08-18. Flew his flag in Sazanami. She was not hit.
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-02. Rear Admiral. His flag was in Sendai. She was sunk. He was among those saved.
Morikazu Osugi
IJN
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-02. Rear Admiral. His flag was in Agano. He was not her captain.
Sentaro Omori
IJN
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-02. Rear Admiral, in command. His flag was in Myoko.
Tameichi Hara
IJN
- The loss of Perch 1942-03-03. Captain of Amatsukaze. He saw the cigarette on a different submarine the night Perch was already gone.
- Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night action 1942-11-13. Captain of Amatsukaze. Helena put the steering out, and he steered her by hand for hundreds of miles. He later flew his flag in Shigure as commander of Destroyer Division 27. Most of the time she was the only ship of that division with him. He was not her captain.
- Battle of Vella Gulf 1943-08-06. Division commander, flying his flag in Shigure. The other ships of the division were not with him. He was not her captain.
- Battle off Horaniu 1943-08-18. Division commander in Shigure. The rest of the division was elsewhere. He was not her captain.
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-02. Division commander, flying his flag in Shigure. He was not her captain. She was not hit.
William Dow Thomas
USN
- Battle off Samar 1944-10-25. Commissioned Hoel. Off Samar he was aboard as commander of the screen. He lived, and was given the Navy Cross.
William G. Myers
USN
- Battle of Midway 1942-06-04. Lieutenant Commander of Gato. She was on the patrol line west of the atoll and did not get a shot at the carriers.