The Snapshots in Time Collection
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 271-2, USS Santee (CVE-29), 25 October 1944
This original Navy caption card documents official photograph 271-2, taken aboard USS Petrof Bay at 0743 on October 25, 1944, showing USS Santee -- struck that morning by one of the first organized kamikaze attacks of World War II during the Battle off Samar. Stamped 'Confidential' under Bureau of Aeronautics rules, the card preserves the precise time and context of this historic and harrowing engagement. Project: 218483