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As seen from USS Sangamon off Surigao Island, Philippines, 26 Oct 1944, escort Carrier USS Suwannee recovering aircraft. Note the TBM-1C Avenger lining up to land on the carrier and A6M Zero diving on the ship.	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay underway 26 Oct 1944 300 miles east of the Philippines as part of an underway replenishment group.

Flaming special attack plane falling astern of Petrof Bay, Philippine Islands, 26 Oct 1944	Japanese cruiser Kumano bombed by carrier planes in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, 26 Oct 1944. She lost her bow the previous day from a torpedo fired by USS Johnston in the opening shot of the Battle off Samar.

Rear Admiral Carlton H. Wright pinning the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Seaman 1st-class James A. Camper, Jr. for heroism displayed following the Port Chicago munitions explosion 17 Jul 1944. 26 Oct 1944 photo.	A burner in operation on the deck of a ship at night at Harland and Wolff's yard in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, 27 Oct 1944

Aerial view of 'Mulberry B', off Normandy, France, 27 Oct 1944	Aerial view of 'Mulberry B', off Normandy, France, Fall 1944. Photo 2 of 2.

Canadian Royal Hamilton Light Infantry carriers moving through the Dutch village of Krabbendijke on the Beveland Causeway, 27 Oct 1944	German soldier with Panzerschreck weapon, near Metz, France, 27 Oct 1944

Leahy saluting in Washington DC, 27 Oct 1944	A Canadian gun-tractor skidded off the road on the flooded island of Beveland, the Netherlands, 28 Oct 1944

A member of the 131st Field Artillery Battalion loading a 105mm shell packed with D-ration chocolate bars for an infantry battalion cut off in the Belmont Sector, France, 29 Oct 1944	Overall view of unprepared scrap at Makalapa Crater, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 Oct 1944. This is roughly the location of today’s football field at Radford High School in Honolulu.

The Escambia-class fleet oiler Tamalpais just after she was launched and being moved to the fitting out docks, Marinship, Sausalito, California, United States, 29 Oct 1944.	Units of the Canadian 4th Armoured Division into Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, 29 Oct 1944

American ships off the coast of Leyte, Philippine Islands, Oct 1944	Canadian General Guy Simonds, temporary commander of the First Canadian Army during Crerar’s illness, meeting with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in Belgium, 30 Oct 1944. Note the censor’s markings.

Carriers Belleau Wood and Franklin afire after being hit by suicide aircraft, off Samar, Philippine Islands, 30 Oct 1944	Cruiser Phoenix screening escort carriers off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 30 Oct 1944