Down payment on victory: USS ST LO (CVE 63) aflame

U.S. Navy Photograph

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

SECOND BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA

DOWN PAYMENT ON VICTORY:  USS ST. LO AFLAME - Lashing out in blind rage as an aftermath to the U.S. Navy's great victory in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, Jap planes sink the escort carrier St. Lo.

Contemporaneous U.S. Navy caption

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