This typewritten caption card once accompanied a classified U.S. Navy aerial reconnaissance photograph taken from an aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-76, flying off the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80). Dated 25 October 1944 at 1052 hours, the original photograph captured a Japanese Tone-class heavy cruiser off Samar in the Central Philippines during the Battle off Samar, part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf. Stamped 'Confidential' and marked for use only by the Bureau of Aeronautics, the card preserves precise technical data on the shot: camera type, focal length, altitude, and distance to target, offering a rare glimpse into how naval air units documented enemy fleet movements in real time during one of the U.S. Navy's most dramatic actions of the Pacific War. Project: 218458