USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), part of RAdm. C. A. F. Sprague?òs Task Unit 77.4.3 (Taffy 3) during the Battle off Samar, was sunk by Japanese gunfire just after 9:00 AM on 25 October 1944. In this photograph, splashes from Japanese shells can be seen straddl

 
 

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