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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-287497

Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944


USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch FM-2 "Wildcat" fighters during the action.
In the center distance, Japanese shells are splashing near USS White Plains (CVE-66).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 80KB; 650 x 675 pixels

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21 November 2000