
Caption | 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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Photos on Same Day | 27 Nov 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||
Added Date | 6 Jul 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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