DE RYCKERE, ARCHIE GEORGE LCDR Archie George De Ryckere was born in Laurel, MT. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1940, fought and survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and survived Typhoon Cobra in 1944.
The deck of USS Cowpens, also known as The Mighty Moo, tips during Typhoon Cobra on Dec. 18, 1944. (Provided/Nathan Canestaro) When Revolutionary War troops fought the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, the ...
Today, satellites and computer models are among the tools forecasters use to warn us of hurricanes well ahead of time. But near the end of World War II, those meteorological linchpins weren't ...