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NavSource Naval History

USS SANGAMON (ACV-26)
(later CVE-26)
Special Feature

The Don Schroeder Collection

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The Philippines, October 1944
Leyte Gulf.
	118k	Battle Plan for Leyte Gulf.
	268k	TG 77.4 - Escort Carrier Group.
	109k	USS *Sangamon* (CVE-26), foreground, with other CVE's on way to Leyte Gulf.
	104k	A kamikaze diving at *Sangamon* October 20, 1944.
	74k	A kamikaze crashing in ocean astern of *Sangamon*.
	111k	Message from Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague after Battle of Leyte Gulf. (High-resolution, 0.97Mb)
	69k	Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, COMCARDIV 22 aboard *Sangamon*. Autograph reads: "To my friend and shipmate, Dick Bennink, my thanks and esteem T Sprague Rear Adm 25 Oct, 1944" (Photo courtesy Commander Richard A. Bennink).
	118k	Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague and his staff aboard USS *Sangamon* after the Battle of Leyte Gulf (photo is dated 10 November 1944). Back row: Parader CCK, Owens CRM, Gardner CSM, Crawford CQM, Ens. Lathrop, Ens. Hoggard, Lt(jg) Noble, Lt Bergeson, Lt(jg) Lyness, Ens. Fagari, Ens. Hall, Cooksey CY. Front row: Lt Van Dyke, Lt Olson, Lt Cmdr Bennink, Capt Carson, Rear Adm Sprague, Comdr Day, Lt Rowland, Lt McDuell, Lt Goodman, Lt Sandberg.
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