The Snapshots in Time Collection
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 770-4 - 'Jap Plane Hitting U.S.S. Suwannee,' Taken Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 25 October 1944
This original caption card for Official Navy Photograph No. 770-4, dated 25 October 1944, identifies the accompanying image as showing a Japanese kamikaze aircraft striking the escort carrier USS Suwannee (CVE-27), photographed from USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) during the Battle off Samar, part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Project: 218467