Task Unit 77.4.1 (Taffy 1) Escort Carrier
USS SUWANNEE (CVE 27)

U.S. Navy Photograph

from the personal collection of Tony Potochniak
USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)

USS SUWANNEE (CVE 27) as seen by USS BALTIMORE (CA 68) at Kwajalein Harbor in the Marshall Islands.

The day after the Battle Off Samar, 26 October 1944, she came under kamikaze attack and was heavily damaged.

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Honor the Missing in Action and Killed in Action of Taffy III

We do remember.  We won't forget.