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Photo #: 80-G-290733

Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944


Pilots of Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) in their ready room aboard USS Franklin (CV-13), 24 October 1944, just before the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea. They are watching as the position of the Japanese fleet is posted.
VT-13's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Larry French, is second from the left, with a navigation board beside his chair.
Note life vests, with die marker pouches, worn by several of these men. Other life vests, and .38 caliber revolvers, are hanging on the bulkhead.

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

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8 January 2001