Bob Liberty
Posted on 6 May, 2014 by Larry in Veterans By Name, WWII History
Bob Liberty was a torpedo man on a Destroyer the USS Tingey 539. Bob personally saw what is called the Marianas Turkey shoot where the US Navy shot down between 550 and 650 Japanese planes and sunk three Aircraft carriers as well as two oilers. The American loss was about 123 planes lost and no […]
Bob Liberty
Posted on 9 April, 2014 by Larry in Veterans By Name, L
Bob was in the Navy aboard the USS Tingey DD-539. The Tingey was in the Halsey Typhoon which sunk three other destroyers with the loss of all hands about 750 men. He also was at the Marianas Turkey shoot, the battle of Layte Gulf and many others. The Tingey was the closest ship to the […]