This original Navy caption card describes an F6F Hellcat fighter pulling out of a steep dive after chasing an attacking Japanese aircraft down to the deck of a ship, during the intense action of October 25, 1944 off Samar. Stamped 'Confidential,' the card documents the split-second aerial defense mounted by American fighter pilots protecting the vulnerable escort carriers of Taffy 3 and its sister task units during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Project: 218483