Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague

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Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague was a U.S. Navy officer best known for his leadership of the escort carrier group "Taffy 3" during the Battle off Samar in World War II, where his outgunned force heroically resisted a much stronger Japanese fleet.

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