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80-G-270618: Battle off Samar, Japanese Kamikaze, October 25, 1944

80-G-270618: Battle off Samar, Japanese Kamikaze, October 25, 1944. Fires and explosion on the flight deck of USS Suwannee (CVL-27), resulting from a suicide hit of a Japanese “Zero” near Leyte, Philippines. The airborne plane is friendly. Taken from USS Sangamon (CVL-26) at Leyte, Philippines. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/4/24).
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Caption: Battle off Samar, Japanese Kamikaze, October 25, 1944. Fires and explosion on the flight deck of USS Suwannee (CVL-27), resulting from a suicide hit of a Japanese “Zero” near Leyte, Philippines. The airborne plane is friendly. Taken from USS Sangamon (CVL-26) at Leyte, Philippines. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/4/24).
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