See- und Luftschlacht im Golf von Leyte

80-G-270511: Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944. USS St. Lo (CV 63) burning and being abandoned off Samar, after a kamikaze hit. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/08/01).

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) burning soon after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines on 24 October 1944. This view, taken from the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) at about 1001 hrs., shows the large smoke column aft following a heavy explosion in the carrier's hangar bay.

26-G_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. General Douglas A. MacArthur (wearing glasses) and his staff slog through the sand and muck that only a short time before had been cut up by the footprints of American first waves surging over the beaches of Leyte Island in the Philippines. Calmly ignoring the peril of Japanese snipers, MacArthur landed early in the operation and surveyed the progress of his campaign to liberate the Philippines. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-1108441_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Reflection of Liberation. Reflected in General MacArthur’s glasses are figures of the Filipino natives greeting his return joyously on the beach of Leyte Island after the island had been under Japanese oppression for nearly three years. This enlargement of a close-up photograph was made by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer who held his camera on the General for ten minutes waiting for the exact instant to snap this remarkable picture. General MacArthur was standing on Leyte’s beach soon after landing to keep his famous, “I Shall Return” Pledge. The Filipinos, many who had hidden in the hills, were on the shell-torn beach to hail their liberator, even as the Japanese fell back into the jungles. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3530_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. War Dog digs in foxhole on a Philippine beach. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3537_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Hell Breaks Loose Overhead as Philippines Liberators Strike. U.S. Coast Guard-manned landings barges, loaded with troops, sweep toward the beaches of Leyte Island at H-Hour as American and Japanese planes dual to death overhead. Here, the troops watch the drama being written in the skies as they approach the hellfire on the shore. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3538_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. MacArthur Keeps His Pledge. This remarkable study of General Douglas MacArthur, nonchalantly puffing on his corncob pipe, was made by a U.S. Coast Guard combat photographer at the historic moment when MacArthur surveyed the Leyte Island beachhead and saw his famous “I Will Return” pledge fulfilled. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3540_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. U.S. Coast Guard carries out wounded in Philippines. Coast Guardsmen from an invasion transport remove an Army casualty from the flaming beach on Leyte Island as the weight of liberation strikes into the heart of the Philippines. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3543_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Filipino, 98, Gives Happy Home to Coast Guardsmen. Coast Guardsman Carol Smith, Gunner’s Mate First Class, encounters a native Filipino, Paz Penada, 98 years old, in a village on the island of Leyte in the Philippines soon after American forces had driven out the Japanese. The aged Filipino couldn’t speak a word of English, but his smile spoke plainly of his welcome for the bronzed Coast Guardsman. They are in front of “Grandpa” Peneda’s home, where he slept through the naval bombardment that preceded the invasion. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3549_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Old Glory Snaps Again In the Philippine Breeze. Coast Guardsman Frank L. Guenca (sic), one of the first to hit the beach of Leyte Island, finds inspiration in the Stars and Stripes unfurled in the Philippine breezes from a palm tree. Filipino rejoiced to see the American Flag again after nearly three years under the Rising Sun. Coast Guardsman, Yeoman Second Class Guenca, was a member of a beach party from a Coast Guard-manned LST. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3554_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Coast Guardsman Aids Fallen Mate on Philippines Beach. As they have in every Pacific invasion, Coast Guardsmen were in the first waves to hit the beaches of the Philippines when General MacArthur’s forces smashed ashore at Leyte. They were there to fight and to help, as Coast Guardsman, Gunner’s Mate First Class Carol Smith is giving a drink of water to Private First Class Junior F. Happel. Happel was wounded by shrapnel from an enemy 37 mm sheet as he approached “Red Beach” in a Coast Guard-manned LCVP. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3555_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. MacArthur keeps his pledge. This remarkable study of General MacArthur, nonchalantly puffing on his corncob pipe, was made by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer at the historic moment when MacArthur surveyed the Leyte Island beachhead and saw his famous “I Will Return” pledge fulfilled. MacArthur is conferring with Sergio Oswena, (right), President of the Philippines. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3561_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Alligators Charge toward the Foe on Leyte. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

80-G-270514: Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944. Men of USS Kalinin Bay (CVE 68) watch explosion on USS St. Lo (CVE 63) after she was hit by a kamikaze off Samar. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/08/01).

26-G-3570_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. The Exterminators Probe Leyte’s Jungles. In Cliffside caves, curtained by the tangled jungle vines and creepers, Japanese snipers ply their deadly business of picking-off American soldiers and Coast Guardsmen occupying Leyte Island. Here, two Yankees cautiously inch their way toward a pocket from which they suspect death had been spouting. They were the exterminators, mopping up the Japanese that shoot from sniper nests. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3584_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. The Man Who Came Back. General Douglas MacArthur, his corn cob pipe clenched between his teeth, surveys the beachhead of Leyte Island, soon after American forces swept ashore from a gigantic liberation armada into the Central Philippines. A Coast Guard Combat Photographer made this remarkable study of General MacArthur, even catching the reflection of Liberated Filipinos in his glasses, at the historic moment when he made good his promise of nearly three years ago, “I Will Return.” U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3634_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. First American Flag of Liberation Raised on Leyte at H-Hour Plus Two Minutes. From a Coast Guard-Manned LST, the sixth wave in the swift succession of amphibious thrusts against the beach of Leyte island advances with guns ready. The American Flag, first to be planted by Liberation Forces on that sector of the invasion beach, was placed in the shell-torn palm tree at H-Hour plus two minutes. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3698_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Little Man, What Now? The salute was the little Filipino Lad’s own idea, when a Coast Guard Combat Photographer encountered him somewhere on liberated Leyte Island. There’s a mixture of sadness and wonder in the child’s expression; there’s pathos in the sincerity of the salute; there’s questioning in the dark eyes of this waif of war. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

26-G-3708_Box 70_1: Invasion of Leyte, Philippines, 20 October 1944. Mercy Ship Leaves the Maelstrom. From embattled Leyte Island, an American hospital ship moves serenely across the bow of Coast-Guard-manned LST. Marked with the Red Cross and painted white, this mercy ship carries wounded American fighting men away from the flaming central Philippines. Equipped with the finest surgical facilities and staffed with doctors and nurses, the hospital ship saves lives and starts casualties on the recovery road even as it leaves the zone of conflict. U.S. Coast Guard photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/15).

Japanese destroyer under air attack off Southern Mindoro on 26 October 1944, during the pursuit of the Japanese fleet after the main battles. Photographed by a plane from USS COWPENS.

Title: Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944 Description: Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro firing at attacking U.S. carrier planes during the Sibuyan Sea action. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Catalog #: 80-G-272555

80-G-287104: Battle for Leyte, October-December 1944. USS Phoenix (CL 46), empty 6” shell cases on deck after firing on Japanese installations on Leyte Islands, 20 October 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/21).

80-G-287107: Battle for Leyte, October-December 1944. Damage to HMAS Australia caused by Japanese plane “Betty” when it crashed into superstructure at 0600 in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. Photographed by USS Phoenix (CL 46), 21 October 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/21).

80-G-287110: Battle for Leyte, October-December 1944. Close-up damage to USS Ammen (DD 527) caused by suicide crash dive of Japanese “Yokosuka P1Y “Frances” as she passed between stacks, sheared off top of forward stack, two search-lights on forward stack and damaged after stack extensively. Passed from port to starboard, landing in water 50 years on starboard beam. Photographed November 1, 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/21). Note, the original caption had the craft as a Betty.

80-G-287113: Battle for Leyte, October-December 1944. Close-up damage to USS Ammen (DD 527) caused by suicide crash dive of Japanese Yokosuka P1Y “Frances” in flames as she passed between stacks, sheared off top of forward stack, two search-lights on forward stack and damaged after stack extensively. Passed from port to starboard, landing in water 50 years on starboard beam. Photographed November 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/21). Note, the original caption had the craft as a Betty.

80-G-287115: Battle for Leyte, October-December 1944. Close-up damage to USS Ammen (DD 527) caused by suicide crash dive of Japanese Yokosuka P1Y “Frances” in flames as she passed between stacks, sheared off top of forward stack, two search-lights on forward stack and damaged after stack extensively. Passed from port to starboard, landing in water 50 years on starboard beam. Photographed November 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/03/21). Note, the original caption had the craft as a Betty.