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The Battle
of Leyte Gulf

“The Jap cruisers were not the only ships retreating. One by one, their battleships turned and laid a course for the strait, accompanied by the other cruisers and destroyers. Aboard the baby flat-tops, an unnatural silence settled down. Nobody could understand what happened. Then the tension broke and men laughed until they cried. By some incredible miracle they were still alive. The fight had lasted two and half hours, but, during [the struggle], some of them seemed to have aged twenty years – nor was their ordeal ended.”

Click here to read about the rise of naval aviation.

Click here to read about Admiral Halsey’s task force at Leyte.

Click here to read about Admiral Mitscher and Task Force 58.

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Leyte Gulf Battle Collier's Magazine January 27 1945four war correspondents look at the battle of leyte gulfUSS Kitkun Bay at Leyte Gulf 1944USS St Lo Bay at Leyte Gulf 1944USS Kalinin Bay at Leyte Gulf 1944USS Gambier Bay at Leyte Gulf 1944USS Fanshaw Bay at Leyte Gulf 1944Rear Admiral CAF Sprague at Leyte Gulf 1944Rear Admiral Thomas L Sprague at Leyte Gulf 1944Rear Admiral Felix B Stump at Leyte Gulf 1944commander hugh winters at Leyte Gulf 1944admiral bull halsey at Leyte Gulf 1944rear admiral Ralph A Ofstie at Leyte Gulf 1944captain walter vieweg at Leyte Gulf 1944commander william d thomas at Leyte Gulf 1944lieutenant jg leonard e waldrop at Leyte Gulf 1944commander richard l centner at Leyte Gulf 1944lieutenant william p tyler at Leyte Gulf 1944lieutenant jg cecil e betts at Leyte Gulf 1944seaman thomas j petrillo at Leyte Gulf 1944seaman john lesinski jr at Leyte Gulf 1944aviation machinists mate dwane d stack at Leyte Gulf 1944captain john perry whitney at Leyte Gulf 1944USS White Plains at Leyte Gulf 1944CVEs at Leyte Gulf 1944captain McKenna at Leyte Gulf Battle 1944Admiral Pete Mitscher at Leyte Gulf Battle 1944

War at Sea

The Battle
of Leyte Gulf

• Collier's Magazine, 1945 •

War at Sea

The Battle of Leyte Gulf

• Collier's Magazine, 1945 •

The Battle
of Leyte Gulf