[Photo] Crewmen of USS St. Louis fighting fires in the hangar, after the ship was struck by a special attack airccraft off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 27 Nov 1944; note wrecked SOC aircraft in background

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Crewmen of USS St. Louis fighting fires in the hangar, after the ship was struck by a special attack airccraft off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 27 Nov 1944; note wrecked SOC aircraft in background ww2dbase

Source

ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives

Identification Code

80-G-361985

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Added By

C. Peter Chen

Added Date

6 Jul 2007

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