The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: WWII LEYTE
A serviceman's personal album from the 1944-45 Leyte campaign, with snapshots of Filipino bumboats trading alongside anchored warships, anti-aircraft fire above the fleet, and a nighttime celebration recorded on August 13. Preserved alongside the photographs are the owner's own handwritten caption cards, whose firsthand notes identify the vessels, places, and moments the images capture.
U.S. Navy Warship in Camouflage Livery at Anchor, Leyte Gulf Invasion Fleet, 1944
Blank Album Leaf or Photograph Verso, Leyte Gulf Photo Collection, WWII Era
Distant Coastline and Vessel Silhouette — WWII Leyte Campaign, Philippines
Handwritten Caption Card: 'Island Coming Into Leyte with an LCI in Background', WWII Philippines Campaign
Night Photograph of Emergency Flares Over Leyte Gulf Anchorage, 'Night of the 13th,' WWII Philippines Campaign, 1944
Handwritten Caption Card: 'Night of 13th in Leyte Shooting Emergency Flares', WWII Philippines Campaign
Nighttime Celebration with Fireworks or Flares, Leyte, Philippines, August 13 (1945)
Handwritten Caption, Verso: 'Celebration in Leyte, Aug 13' (companion to photograph 218722-LEYTE003AA)
Filipino Bumboats Approaching a U.S. Navy Vessel, Leyte Gulf, Philippines (1944-1945)
Handwritten Caption, Verso: 'Bumboats from fantail in Leyte, P.I.' (companion to photograph 218722-LEYTE004)
Aircraft or Anti-Aircraft Fire Over Fleet Anchorage, Leyte Gulf, Philippines (1944-1945)
Handwritten Caption Card Identifying USS Missouri and USS South Dakota, WWII Pacific Fleet Album
U.S. Navy Officer on Deck of Small Combatant Vessel, Pacific Theater, WWII
Handwritten Album Caption: "Skipper Again and Torpedo Tubes," Leyte Collection
U.S. Navy Prize Crew Boat Alongside Ship, Possibly Departing USS Proteus for Japanese Submarine Surrender, 1945
Handwritten Caption Card: 'Commander Cassidy and Prize Crew for Sub Coming Alongside from Proteus (Sub Tender)'
Native Outrigger Sailboat on a Philippine Bay, WWII Pacific Theater
Handwritten Caption Card: "A Bumboat in Leyte, P.I." — WWII Pacific Theater Photo Album Annotation
Handwritten Album Caption Page: Battleships, Bumboats, and a Submarine Prize Crew — Leyte Collection
Native Sailing Vessel ("Bumboat") in Leyte Bay, Philippines — WWII Leyte Campaign
Handwritten Album Caption: "Bumboat in Leyte Bay (P.I.)," Leyte Collection
Destroyer Escort in Floodlit Drydock at Night — WWII Leyte Collection
Handwritten Album Caption: "DE 741 in Drydock," Leyte Collection
Ship-to-Ship Mail Transfer at Sea — WWII Leyte Gulf Collection
Handwritten Album Caption: "Transferring Officer Messenger Mail from GC 14," Leyte Collection
Japanese Battleship Nagato at Anchor — WWII Pacific Collection
Handwritten Album Caption: "Nagato B.B. — Jap Battlewagon," Leyte Collection
Officer Boarding Ship Over the Rail — WWII Leyte Campaign
Handwritten Album Caption: "Cmdr. Cassidy Stepping Over the Rail," Leyte Collection
Native Bumboats Near the Fantail, Leyte Gulf — WWII Pacific Collection
Handwritten Album Caption: "Bum Boats at the Fantail in Leyte," Leyte Collection
Japanese Submarine I-400 Under Allied Observation, Japan Surrender Period, 1945
Handwritten Album Caption: "I-400, Jap Sub" Specifications Card, Leyte Collection
Handwritten Album Caption Sheet: Multiple Photo Captions, Leyte and Japan Occupation
Japanese Battleship Nagato, Burned Out at Yokosuka Naval Base, 1945
Handwritten Album Caption: "Nagato B.B.," Leyte Collection
