Paul H. Carr

For the physicist, see Paul H. Carr (physicist).

Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Paul Henry Carr

Paul Henry Carr (13 February 1924 - 25 October 1944) was a U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate Third Class who received a Silver Star posthumously for his actions aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) at the Battle off Samar during World War II. Carr served as the gun mount captain of the Roberts aft 5-inch gun. In the ship's final action, Carr led his gunmount team to fire 324 rounds in 35 minutes. As he was dying, he was found at his station gripping the last unfired round.

The Navy named the guided missile frigate USS Carr (FFG-52) for him.

Carr came from Checotah, Oklahoma. He had married Goldie Lee Johnson of Checotah on 23 October 1943, leaving her a widow a year and two days later. He was also survived by eight sisters, who kept an active interest in the ship named for their brother, USS Carr.

External links

• Official US Navy site for FFG-52, USS Paul Henry Carr
• Official US Navy site for on Paul Henry Carr
• The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf by Robert Jon Cox
• No Higher Honor: Saving the U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf

Books

• Cox, Robert Jon (2010). The Battle Off Samar: Taffy III at Leyte Gulf (5th Edition). Agogeebic Press, LLC. ISBN 0-9822390-4-1. 
• [[The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors|Hornfischer, James D. (2004). The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. Bantam. ISBN 0-553-80257-7. ]]
• Willmott, H. P. (2005). The Battle Of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34528-6.