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Light cruiser Reno approached the burning light carrier Princeton, off the Philippine Islands, at 1004 on 24 Oct 1944; photographed from battleship South Dakota	Musashi and a destroyer under attack, Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2	Musashi and a destroyer under attack, Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2	Musashi down by the bow after being hit by US Navy carrier aircraft during the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944

Musashi hit by a bomb from US Navy carrier aircraft, Battle of Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944	Pilots of US Navy Torpedo Squadron 13 in their ready room aboard carrier Franklin just before the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 Oct 1944; squadron command Lieutenant Commander Larry French seen second	Princeton burning after Japanese attack off Leyte, 24 Oct 1944, 1 of 4	Princeton burning after Japanese attack off Leyte, 24 Oct 1944, 2 of 4

Princeton burning after Japanese attack off Leyte, 24 Oct 1944, 3 of 4	Princeton burning after Japanese attack off Leyte, 24 Oct 1944, 4 of 4	Princeton exploded with Birmingham alongside, 24 Oct 1944	Princeton suffering another explosion at 1003 on 24 Oct 1944, photo taken from BB South Dakota

Princeton survivors jumping from a motorboat for USS Cassin Young, 24 Oct 1944	PT-131 between PT-152 and PT-130, all Eclo 80-foot Motor Torpedo Boats of MTBRon-7, alongside tender USS Wachapreague in Liloan Bay, Philippines preparing to patrol the Surigao Strait, 24 Oct 1944.	Reno attempted to fight fires aboard Princeton, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 3	Reno attempted to fight fires aboard Princeton, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 3

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	Three bazooka tubes fitted on the wing struts of an USAAF L-4 Grasshopper artillery observation aircraft, France, 24 Oct 1944	Two PTRS-41 anti-tank rifles in action in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, late Oct 1944; note Russian soldiers nearby with PPSh-41 submachine guns