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Home Town Cocoa, Florida
Last Address Rockledge, Florida Buried at Pinecrest Cemetery, Cocoa, Florida.
Date of Passing Oct 02, 2011
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Noah "Sonny" Butt passed away peacefully on October 2, 2011, at the age of 90 years 14 days. He was born September 19, 1921, to the late "Col." Noah Butt and Rosalie Jordan.
A native of Cocoa, he graduated from Cocoa High School in 1940 where he held the office of Class president all four years and excelled in sports. He later attended Mercer University in Macon, Ga.
Noah served during WW2 as a Navy Fighter Pilot where he participated in five major battles in the Pacific Theatre being the first pilot to land on the island of Iwo Jima. He received the Navy Cross and three Air Medals for his "extraordinary heroism in the line of duty".
After his honorable discharge from the Navy he went on to a very successful 38 year career with Champion Spark Plug Co. Noah was a member of several organizations during his life time some of which included American Legion, Army & Navy Legion of Valor, Masons, Shriners, Kiwanis and Mosquito Beaters Club. He was a past Lt. Govenor of the Kiwanis Club and also served on the City Council for the City of Cocoa. He derived much pleasure in helping and serving wherever he was needed. He was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church of Cocoa.
Description The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the Battles for Leyte Gulf, and formerly known as the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.
It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar and Luzon from 23–26 October 1944, between combined US and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy. On 20 October, United States troops invaded the island of Leyte as part of a strategy aimed at isolating Japan from the countries it had occupied in Southeast Asia, and in particular depriving its forces and industry of vital oil supplies. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) mobilized nearly all of its remaining major naval vessels in an attempt to defeat the Allied invasion, but was repulsed by the US Navy's 3rd and 7th Fleets. The IJN failed to achieve its objective, suffered very heavy losses, and never afterwards sailed to battle in comparable force. The majority of its surviving heavy ships, deprived of fuel, remained in their bases for the rest of the Pacific War.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf consisted of four separate engagements between the opposing forces: the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle of Cape Engaño and the Battle off Samar, as well as other actions.
It was the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks. By the time of the battle, Japan had fewer aircraft than the Allied forces had sea vessels, demonstrating the difference in power of the two sides at this point of the war.