The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where Major General [at the time, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer] made his last stand. Their orders coincide with the route of Custer and his men. As they follow the route, they hear strange things such as Indian battle cries and horses running. As nobody is there, the men examine the possibilities. Connors wonders if they've somehow gone back in time. When they return, Connors reports to his Captain Dennet what occurred and is reprimanded. The following day the trio goes out and again experiences strange phenomena. The captain contacts them via radio
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors USS "Enterprise", the only survivors who recounted the battle were Enterprise sailors and airmen. In this episode, there were no survivors of the Taffy 3 interviewed. In fact there is no mention of any of the Taffy 3 ships or their captains except Ernest E. Evans of the destroyer "Johnston". The episode skirts the fundamental issue of how close the Japanese came to annihilating Taffy 3. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first