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80-G-287465: USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71), October 25, 1944

80-G-287465: USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71), October 25, 1944. A Japanese fighter makes suicide dive on USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) during Battle of Leyte Gulf. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 80-G-287465: USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71), October 25, 1944. A Japanese fighter makes suicide dive on USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) during Battle of Leyte Gulf. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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  • World War II 1939-1945
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