Bomber Observes Burning Carrier
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Photograph
Bomber Observes Burning Carrier
October 25, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16 x 21 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Paper: 18.1 x 21 cm (7 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0358.0004
Inscriptions verso (typed on attached sheet): CAUTION! [underlined] / WATCH RELEASE DATE! [underlined] / WATCH RELEASE-FOR 9AM, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, / 1945 / 2574C SEE ALSO 25720 AND 25730 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM U.S. NAVY / FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / BOMBER OBSERVES BURNING CARRIER / WHILE THE USS SUWANEE BURNS AFTER DIRECT / BOMB HITS A U.S. NAVY TORPEDO PLACE CIRCLES / THE BURNING CRAFT TO OBSERVE DAMAGE. THE / ESCORT CARRIER WAS DAMAGED IN THE BATTLE / OF LEYTE GULF ON OCTOBER 25, 1944. IN THE / FOREGROUND AN AMERICAN BOMBER IS SEEN ON THE / FLIGHT DECK OF ITS CARRIER. / WATCH RELEASE - FOR 9 AM, FRIDAY. APRIL 6, 1945 / SEE ALSO 2572C AND 25730 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / HVL 4-4-45 1045 A USN-PLWX / A LIST GD NYW MON TOR TMO PA
