Commander Ernest Edwin Evans, U.S. Navy (1908-1944), was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for giving his life as the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS <i>Johnston</i> (DD-557) during the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944.
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