[NU Sports] Northwestern alumnus in World War II

[Carl Rossi]

John-great pick-up. As a former naval officer and devoted reader of Naval
History, I enjoyed the article.
Slight clarification-Hagan was not the commanding officer of the destroyer
Johnston at Samar-he was the gunnery officer. During that battle she was
commanded by LCDR Ernest Evans, who won the Medal Of Honor (posthumous) for
his actions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_E._Evans

For anybody who would like further information I highly recommend Jason
Hornsfischer's book "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors", which came out
a few years ago. Excellent description of an heroic, tragic morning.

Carl

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 5:00 PM, <johnadeg at comcast.net> wrote:

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> Northwestern alumnus, Robert Hagan, who commanded a destroyer at the battle
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> Samar and helped to block Japanese battleships from attacking US forces at
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> In the October, 2009 edition of Naval History
> published by the Naval Instute (www,usni.org) there is a great article
> about a
> Northwestern alumnus, Robert Hagan, who commanded a destroyer at the battle
> of
> Samar and blocked Japanese battleships from attacking US forces at the
> Leyte
> landings.
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