A PT motor torpedo boat alongside USS Nashville off Tacaloban, Leyte, 25 Oct 1944 to take General MacArthur and his staff ashore to establish Army headquarters on Leyte. Nashville then departed for the Surigao Strait.

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Caption     A PT motor torpedo boat alongside USS Nashville off Tacaloban, Leyte, 25 Oct 1944 to take General MacArthur and his staff ashore to establish Army headquarters on Leyte. Nashville then departed for the Surigao Strait. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Tacaloban, Leyte, Philippines
Date 25 Oct 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-258488
 
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Photos on Same Day 25 Oct 1944
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,250 x 827 pixels



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