They Called Her 'Carole Baby'
By Lieutenant Commander R. William Brown, U.S. Navy (Retired)
On 24 October 1944, the U.S. Seventh Fleet dispatched 39 torpedo patrol (PT) boats through Leyte Gulf and Surigao Strait into the Mindanao Sea to scout a Japanese advance on the Philippines. This is the tale of one PT crew—eight decorated for valor and ten awarded Purple Hearts—who helped raise the curtain on the greatest naval Battle of World War II.
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