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| Description | The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) under attack by kamikaze suicide planes, probably off Leyte, in October 1944: A first plane crashes off the bow, then a second plane is barely visible over the carrier, before it crashes close aboard. |
| Date | circa October 1944 |
| Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) 1944-1945 cruise book available at Navysite.de |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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