Task Group 77.4 Biographies



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The Battle Off Samar -
Taffy III at Leyte Gulf
4th Edition (2006)
by Robert Jon Cox

NAME	POSITION
RADM Thomas L. Sprague, USN	CTG 77.4 (Taffy I)
RADM George R. Henderson, USN	COMCARDIV 28 (Taffy I)
RADM Felix B. Stump, USN	CTU 77.4.2 (Taffy II)
RADM William D. Sample, USN	COMCARDIV 27 (Taffy II)
RADM Clifton A.F. "Ziggy" Sprague, USN	CTU 77.4.3 (Taffy III)
RADM Ralph A. Ofstie, USN	COMCARDIV 26 (Taffy III)
RADM F.J. McKenna, USN	CO, USS ST LO (CVE 63)
CAPT W.V.R. Vieweg, USN	CO, USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)
CAPT W.D. Thomas, USN	Screen Commander, Taffy III
CDR Ernest E. Evans, USN	CO, USS JOHNSTON (DD 557)
CDR Leon S. Kintberger,USN	CO, USS HOEL (DD 533)
CDR Amos T. Hathaway, USN	CO, USS HEERMANN (DD 532)
LCDR Robert W. Copeland, USNR	CO, USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (DE 413)
FUTURE BIOGRAPHIES
CAPT D.P. Johnson, USN	CO, USS FANSHAW BAY (CVE 70)
CAPT D.J. Sullivan, USN	CO, USS WHITE PLAINS (CVE 66)
CAPT T.B. Williamson, USN	CO, USS KALININ BAY (CVE 68)
CAPT J.P. Whitney, USN	CO, USS KITKUN BAY (CVE 71)
LCDR J.E. Pace, USNR	CO, USS JOHN C. BUTLER (DE 339)
LCDR A.F. Beyer, USNR	CO, USS RAYMOND (DE 341)
LCDR S. Hansen, USNR	CO, USS DENNIS (DE 405)

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