Page nine of the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) war diary narrative recounting the carrier's air operations during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944. The escort carrier launched fighters and torpedo bombers in support of the Leyte landings and later contributed to the task groups confronting Japanese naval forces converging on Leyte Gulf via the Surigao and San Bernardino Straits, engagements that culminated in the decisive Battle of Leyte Gulf. Project: 218457