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80-G-270619: Battle off Samar, Japanese Kamikaze, October 25, 1944

80-G-270619: 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, 26 October 1944. 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, 26 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/4/24).
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