An Air Group 51 TBM-1C Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51) prepares for takeoff from USS San Jacinto (CVL-30), part of RAdm. DavisonÕs Task Group 38.4 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. A VT-51 pilot named George H. W. Bush was shot down e
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