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80-G-287974 Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944

Photo #: 80-G-287974 Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
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Title: Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
Description: USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire at about 1004 hours on 24 October 1944, soon after she was hit by a Japanese bomb during operations off the Philippines. This view shows smoke rising from the ship's second large explosion, as USS Reno (CL-96) steams by in the foreground. Photographed from USS South Dakota (BB-57). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-287974
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