A page from the wartime history or action report of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), an escort carrier that supported operations in the Philippines during the fall of 1944. This typewritten record details the carrier group's combat air patrols near Leyte Gulf, concerns over compromised Japanese IFF codes, and the ship's subsequent movements to Palau and the Admiralty Islands, including a change of command in early December 1944. Project: 218457