Shadow box

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Service Photo

Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944

USS Chaumont (AP-5)

Johnston (DD-557) at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding

USS Johnston (DD 557) Commissioning ceremonies

Cahokia (ATA-186)

Pensacola (CL-24)

Roper (DD-147)

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Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944

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from 1944-1944 Leyte Campaign (1944)/Battle of Samar album

American survivors of the battle are rescued by a U.S. Navy ship on 26 October 1944. Some 1200 survivors of USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), USS Hoel (DD-533), USS Johnston (DD-557) and USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) were rescued during the days following the action.

posted By Evans, Ernest Edwin, CDR

Nov 30, 2011

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