Born “into a world of low prospects and ill will,” Ernest beat what seemed impossible odds. That child grew up to be his father his mother was a full-blooded Cherokee. He soon divorced her and disowned their child. His white paternal grandfather had married a Creek Indian woman just to gain control of her land allotment. Commander Ernest Evans, the skipper, burst out of his sea cabin, barking out orders: All hands general quarters! Light off all boilers for maximum speed! Make smoke!Įrnest Evans had come up the hard way, harder than most. A shaky voice on Johnston’s talk between ships radio reported “a major portion” of the Japanese fleet 15 miles astern. That ship and half a dozen other American destroyers were escorting half a dozen jeep carriers off Samar. At first light on 25 October 1944, huge geysers of water shot up near the destroyer Johnston (DD-557).
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