Featured Video: Battle of Leyte Gulf
Surigao Strait pt. 2 & Samar
From Battlefield Documentary

Excellent documentary. Details the big-ship night action at Surigao Strait (Oct. 25, 1944) and the surprise attained by Adm. Kurita's force at Samar, where U.S. escort carriers and destroyers fought off a fumbled attack by 4 Japanese battlewagons. (9:03)

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