This handwritten caption -- 'Night of 13th in Leyte shooting emergency flares' -- identifies a companion photograph documenting a nighttime alert during the Leyte Gulf campaign of 1944. Following the American landings on Leyte on October 20, 1944, Allied ships anchored in the gulf endured repeated nighttime air raids and kamikaze attacks, during which flares were fired for illumination and warning. This firsthand annotation, preserved in a serviceman's personal album, provides crucial context for understanding the accompanying photograph. Project: 218722