Box 44

8x10 black and white photo of the USS Gambier Bay, CVE-73, another escort carrier, and two destroyer escorts making smoke during the Battle off Samar, 25 October

8x10 black and white photo of an unknown ship under fire, mass amounts of smoke visible

8x10 black and white photo of the USS Falcon, raising submarine at Boston Navy Yard

8x10 black and white photo of Japanese cruiser Kumano bombed by planes of T.F. 38, 26 October 1944, during the pursuit of the Japanese fleet following the Battle off Samar photographed by a plane from USS Hancock.

8x10 black and white photo of Japanese plane brought down by PTs, exploding as it hits the water. To the left, tenders USS Oyster Bay and USS Hilo

8x10 black and white photo of the units of the Japanese fleet under attack by U.S. Pacific fleet carrier based planes. Taken by plane from USS Essex, CV-9, during second battle of the Philippine Sea

8x10 black and white photo of the U.S. aerial attack on the Japanese fleet during the second battle of the Philippine Sea

8x10 black and white photo of the USS Gambier Bay, bracketed by Japanese shells while making smoke, during the Battle off Samar

8x10 black and white photo of the ships of Carrier division 25 under shell attack by the Japanese fleet

8x10 black and white photo of Japanese ships under attack from U.S. carrier planes in Kure Bay, Monshu Island. Taken by planes from the USS Hornet (CV-12). A Japanese Battleship of the Yamato class wheels to avoid bombs. March 19, 1945.