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80-G-270626: Battle off Samar, Japanese Kamikaze, October 24, 1944

80-G-270626: Battle off Samar, Japanese Kamikaze, October 25, 1944. Fires and explosion on USS Suwannee (CVE-27) resulting from a suicide hit of a Japanese “Zero” near Leyte Gulf, Philippines, taken from USS Sangamon (CVE-25), 25 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 USS Suwannee (CVE-27) resulting from a suicide hit of a Japanese “Zero” near Leyte Gulf, Philippines, taken from USS Sangamon (CVE-25), 25 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/4/24).
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