During World War II, the Pacific theater was marked by powerful naval clashes, including the rise and fall of Japan’s super-battleship Musashi, which met its end at the Battle of Leyte Gulf despite ...

He stops at the final name on the cup, Leyte, and pauses. "There's the one they got us," he said. It was Nov. 1, 1944, when the destroyer came under a fierce attack from kamikaze fighters at Leyte ...