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80-G-270660: Battle off Samar, Japanese Kamikaze, October 25, 1944

80-G-270660: Battle off Samar, Japanese Kamikaze, October 25, 1944. Japanese “Zero” crashes deck of USS Suwannee (CVE-27) and bursts into flames, Leyte Gulf, Philippines, 25 October 1944. The bomb is exploding four feet above hangar deck. Remains of plane crashed throughout the hangar deck and stopped on main deck below. 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. Japanese “Zero” crashes deck of USS Suwannee (CVE-27) and bursts into flames, Leyte Gulf, Philippines, 25 October 1944. The bomb is exploding four feet above hangar deck. Remains of plane crashed throughout the hangar deck and stopped on main deck below. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/4/24).
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