Combat Action Photographs of Taffy III



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Book: The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf

The Battle Off Samar -
Taffy III at Leyte Gulf
4th Edition (2006)
by Robert Jon Cox

U.S.S. GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)
"The Final Hour"
By C. G. Evers

Dye-colored splashes of shells fired by
Japanese battleships straddle the
escort carrier on 25 October 1944,
during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

USED BY PERMISSION

In remembrance;
for action against the
Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force
on October 25, 1944

Taffy III lost in action; 898 gallant men

"The high degree of skill, the unflinching courage, the inspired determination to go down fighting, of the officers and men under my command cannot be too highly praised."

Action Report - Rear Admiral C.A.F. "Ziggy" Sprague, U.S. Navy

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

We do remember. We won't forget.