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LEYTE ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES, 1944-10-26. LAST IN A SERIES OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRIER, USS SUWANNEE. SECONDS AFTER THE EXPLOSION OF THE SUICIDE PLANE THE SHIP IS WREATHED IN FIRE AND SMOKE. AN AMERICAN PLANE THAT WAS ABOUT TO LAND BUT VEERED OFF AT THE LAST MOMENT CAN BE SEEN FLYING OFF TO THE RIGHT. USS SUWANNEE WAS QUICKLY REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
LEYTE ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES, 1944-10-26. THIRD IN A SERIES OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRIER, USS SUWANNEE. THE SUICIDE PLANE HAS JUST CRAS
LEYTE ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES, 1944-10-26. SECOND OF A SERIES OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SUWANNEE. THE SUICIDE PLANE IS ABOUT TO C
LEYTE ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES, 1944-10-26. FIRST OF A SERIES OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SUWANNEE. THE SUWANNEE WAS ENGAGED IN RECO
OFF SURIGAO STRAIT, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10-26. HIT AND AFLAME FROM DEFENSIVE GUNFIRE A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT NARROWLY MISSES THE ESCORT AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SANGAMON. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
Large clouds of smoke billow from the US aircraft carrier Bunker Hill burning furiously after being hit twice within thirty seconds by Japanese kamikaze (suicide) planes. The fires eventually were ext
OFF KYUSHU, JAPAN. 1945-03-18. SMOKE BILLOWS INTO A FLAK SPLOTCHED SKY FROM FIRES ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS INTREPID CAUSED BY A NEAR MISS FROM A KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT. THE FIRES WERE BROUGHT UNDER CONT
