American CVE under fire off Samar.

U.S. Navy Photograph

from the personal collection of LT (jg) Russell Wood, USNR
Composite Squadron VC-4, USS WHITE PLAINS (CVE 66)

An American escort carrier of Task Unit 77.4.3 becomes the focal point of Japanese heavy caliber gunfire during the Battle Off Samar on October 25, 1944. 

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