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Escort Carrier USS Gambier Bay, Destroyer Escort USS Raymond, and another Destroyer Escort, elements of Taffy 3, laying smoke before engaging the Japanese Center Force in the Battle Off Samar, Oct 25, 1944.	Grave marker for 13 German civilians killed by Soviets, Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2

Grave marker for 13 German civilians killed by Soviets, Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2	Grave marker for 24 German civilians killed by Soviets, Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 1 of 3

Grave marker for 24 German civilians killed by Soviets, Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 2 of 3	Grave marker for 24 German civilians killed by Soviets, Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 3 of 3

Hybrid battleship-carrier Ise under attack during Battle off Cape Engaño in the Philippine Sea, 25 Oct 1944	Ise firing during Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944

Map depicting fleet movements during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24-25 Oct 1944	Map depicting fleet movements during the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 Oct 1944

Map depicting fleet movements during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944	Pilots of VT-51 returned to San Jacinto after attacking the Japanese carrier force, Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944

PT-321, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21 (MTBRon 21), picking up Japanese survivors in Surigao Strait, Philippines, 25 Oct 1944	Road sign 5km from Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944

Road sign near Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2	Road sign near Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2

San Jacinto's VT-51 Avenger aircraft being armed with a Mark XIII torpedo for Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944	SB2C Helldivers of Bombing Squadron VB-19 on the deck of USS Lexington (Essex-class) being fitted with drop tanks for an extended mission to search for the fleeing Japanese fleet, 25 Oct 1944.

Tail section of a D4Y Suisei ‘Judy’ dive bomber that landed on the flight deck of Escort Carrier USS Kitkun Bay after being exploded in flight by intense anti-aircraft fire during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944	USS Kitkun Bay prepared to launch FM-2 Wildcat fighters during Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944; note shell splashes in background