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Reno attempted to fight fires aboard Princeton, 24 Oct 1944, photo 3 of 3	Strike photo taken from planes flying from USS Wasp (Essex-class) showing bombs strikes and near misses on the Japanese battleship Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippine Islands, 24 Oct 1944	USS Birmingham assisting with firefighting of USS Princeton, seen from foredeck of USS Birmingham, Philippine Sea, 24 Oct 1944	USS Intrepid launching a SB2C Helldiver during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 24 Oct 1944.

Yamato hit by a bomb in Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2	Yamato in action in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2	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.

Akizuki, Kuwa, and Ise during Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944	Broken pieces of the engine from a Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft that crashed through the flight deck of escort carrier USS Suwannee during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944.	Carrier Zuiho damaged during Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944; note battleship camouflage; as seen on page 68 of US Navy War Photographs	Chikuma during the battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944

Dead German civilians at Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944	Destroyed buildings at Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 1 of 6	Destroyed buildings at Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 2 of 6	Destroyed buildings at Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 3 of 6

Destroyed buildings at Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 4 of 6	Destroyed buildings at Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 5 of 6	Destroyed buildings at Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, Germany, late Oct 1944, photo 6 of 6	Drawing of the air defense formation of Group Two of Japanese Navy 3rd Fleet Striking Force during Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944; appendix A of Rear Admiral Chiaki Matsuda's interrogation