Damaged deck of the USS Lamson in Ormoc Bay, Leyte Island, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Damaged deck of the USS Lamson (DD-367) after a kamikaze attack. Official caption on front: "Navy destroyer USS Lamson damaged by Jap suicide plane crash in Ormac Bay. US Navy Photo 113-13." Ormoc Bay, Leyte Island, Philippines. 1944

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1944-10-
1944-12-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography: 
Ormoc Bay
Latitude: 
10.967
Longitude: 
124.583
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Warships--American--Philippines
Destroyers (Warships)--American--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Philippines
Destroyers (Warships)--American--Philippines