The Snapshots in Time Collection
Aerial Photograph of Warships Underway Under Gunfire, Likely Battle off Samar, Leyte Gulf, October 1944
An aerial photograph, likely taken during the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944, showing warships underway amid shell splashes -- a rare visual record of one of the most dramatic naval surface engagements of the Pacific War, preserved within the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) photograph collection. Project: 218467