CTU 77.4.3/COMCARDIV 25
ACTION REPORT
Special Report of Action against the
Japanese Main Body
off Samar Island,
25 October 1944
From the personal collection of
AMM2c Tony Potochniak, USNR
Vice-President and Historian of the USS GAMBIER
BAY (CVE 73) & AIR GROUP VC-10 ASSN. INC of Ohio
| FILE OCD25/A16-3/ham SERIAL: 00100 |
COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION TWENTY-FIVE c/o FLEET POST OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA |
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29 October 1944
| FROM: | Commander Task Unit 77.4.3. (Commander Carrier Division TWENTY-FIVE). |
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| TO: | Commander in Chief, United States Fleet. |
| VIA: | (1) Commander Task Group 77.4. (2) Commander Task Force 77 |
| SUBJECT: | Action against the Japanese Main Body off Samar Island, 25 October 1944, Special Report of |
| ENCLOSURES: | (A)
Enemy Strategy. (B) Own Strategy. (C) Narrative of the Surface Action. (D) Tabulation of Reports of Enemy Sightings (with chart and plots). (E) Personnel losses. (F) Structural Damage. (G) TBS Log. (H) Photographs of the Enemy Force. |
1. This special action report composed of enclosures (A) through (H) has been made as soon as the material could be assembled and air mail copies distributed direct to those officers who need early information on the subject matter covered.
2. 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.
C.A.F. SPRAGUE
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