The final resting place of the USS Edsall was discovered in the Indian Ocean 80 years after Japanese forces sunk the American ship during WWII, officials said.
“Capt. JoshuaNix and his crew fought valiantly, evading 1,400 shells from Japanese battleships and cruisers, before being attacked by 26 carrier-dive bombers, taking only one fatal hit,” Caroline ...
The 314-foot-long destroyer didn’t go down without a fight. The Edsall’s commanding officer, Lieutenant JoshuaNix, executed evasive maneuvers for more than an hour that led Japanese observers ...