Clifton Sprague
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Clifton Albert Frederick Sprague was a World War II–era officer in the United States Navy.
Clifton Sprague
Sprague as Lieutenant, USN in 1923.
Sprague onboard USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70), off Okinawa, Japan, April 1945
Memorial to Sprague next to the USS Midway in San Diego.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.
Clifton Sprague
…Clifton "Ziggy" Sprague was no relation to his Naval Academy classmate Admiral Thomas L. "Tommy" Sprague. Both Admirals Sprague were commanders in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. His first assignment was on the gunboat Wheeling (PG-14), where he served as gunnery officer, communications officer, navigator, and executive officer…
The light aircraft carrier Princeton on fire, east of Luzon, on 24 October 1944
Musashi departing Brunei in October 1944 for the Battle of Leyte Gulf
Yamato hit by a bomb near her forward gun turret in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944
Japanese cruiser Noshiro under attack