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USS Sangamon (CVE-26) in harbor, probably in the South Pacific, circa 1943
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Battle of Leyte Gulf ships
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Yank bombers over Manila
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Map showing the Allied moves landing
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USS Pennsylvania BB-38 firing on Leyte
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USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) bombarding Leyte
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Fires started by pre-invasion bombardment of Leyte
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Columns of smoke rising from beachhead on Leyte, Philippines from naval shell fire
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Leyte Landings, 20 October 1944. View taken by an SOC Seagull from USS Portland (CA-33)
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Landing craft running for shore
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Waves of men and machines near the invasion beachhead aboard powerful LCMs (landing craft mechanized) during the invasion of Leyte
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Troops sweep towards the beaches of Leyte
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First hit to Philippines Shores
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USS LST-204, LSM-23, and landing craft, landing cargo at Leyte
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American Invasion of the Philippine Islands
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Leyte Anchoring
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Amphibious craft unload men and equipment on beachhead in Leyte Philippines.
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First wave of troops storm shore of Leyte from amphibious landing craft
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First wave of troops storm the shores of Leyte from amphibious landing craft. October 20, 1944.
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The troops race ashore, ready for action, against a background of splintered trees and fires caused by the heavy bombardment which preceded the landings
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The Stars and Stripes rises again on Leyte soon after the landing
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Robert Driscoll, BM2c, USN, raises the first American Flag on the Leyte Beaches
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Philippine President Sergio Osmeña with Field Marshal Douglas MacArthur on board a landing craft en route to the Leyte landing beaches
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Field Marshal Douglas MacArthur inspecting the beachhead on Leyte Island
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Men and equipment on Leyte beachhead
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Infantrymen cautiously move toward an enemy machine gun position
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Field Marshal Douglas MacArthur and aides wading ashore on Leyte
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Filipinos wave to U.S. Troops
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Japanese Zeke fighter banking of a skip bombing attack on USS Sangamon (CVE-26)
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Two PT's stand by during a bombing attack on shipping in Leyte Gulf
