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	Battle of Leyte Gulf
		Three years later, an often talked about Naval battle took place on October 25 in Leyte Gulf off Samar.
		It was an encounter between the biggest and best of the Japanese Navy and Task Unit Taffy 3 of the United States Navy.
		The below text is the official account of Commanding Officer W.V.R. Vieweg of the events of October 25, 1944 at Leyte Gulf.
	www.ussgambierbay-vc10.com /leytegulf.htm (464 words)

	USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55)
		USS LEYTE GULF is one of the 27 TICONDEROGA class cruisers and got its name from that place in the Pacific where two battles between the American fleet and Japanese fleet were fought.
		USS LEYTE GULF changed homeport on July 30, 1997, from Mayport, FL, to Naval Station Norfolk, VA. The guided-missile cruiser came to Norfolk under a realignment plan that allowed Carrier Group Eight's two cruisers to be collocated, to improve maintenance and training efficiencies.
		LEYTE GULF commemorates the naval battle fought 23 - 26 October 1944 in the Philippines, virtually ending the Japanese Navy's capacity to fight as an organized force.
	navysite.de /cg/cg55.html (1433 words)

	Encyclopedia: Leyte Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leyte Gulf is the body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, adjoining the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean.
		The gulf is bounded on the north by the island of Samar, which is separated from Leyte on the west by the narrow San Juanico Strait, and on the south by Mindanao, separated from Leyte by the Surigao Strait.
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, fought in the seas around the island of Leyte in the Philippines from 23 October to 26 October 1944.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leyte-Gulf (574 words)

	USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55)
		USS LEYTE GULF is one of the 27 TICONDEROGA class cruisers and got its name from that place in the Pacific where two battles between the American fleet and Japanese fleet were fought.
		LEYTE GULF was commissioned in 1987 as the ninth TICONDEROGA Class AEGIS cruiser.
		LEYTE GULF served in the Arabian Gulf in 1991 in support of Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM, where she launched Tomahawk cruise missiles against Iraq, and served as local Anti-Air Warfare Commander for a four Aircraft Carrier Battle Force.
	united-states-navy.com /cg/cg55.html (1418 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Japanese intended to repel or destroy the Allied invasion of Leyte.
		The four engagements in the battle of Leyte Gulf.
		In the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea it was attacked by carrier aircraft and Musashi was sunk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf (3205 words)

	Facts about topic: (Battle of Leyte Gulf) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leyte Gulf was also the scene of the first use of kamikaze (A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II) aircraft by the Japanese.
		Because of the strict radio silence imposed on the Central and Southern Forces, Nishimura was unable to synchronise his movements with Shima and Kurita.
		The battle of Leyte Gulf secured the beachheads of the U.S. Sixth Army (additional info and facts about U.S. Sixth Army) on Leyte against attack from the sea.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_leyte_gulf.htm (3216 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Leyte
		The island of Leyte lies south of the island of Samar, separated by the narrow San Juanico Strait, and east of the islands of Cebu and Bohol.
		The eastern coast of Leyte was reconnoitered by explorer Ferdinand Magellan and by succeeding Spanish explorers.
		The island of Leyte was part of the jurisdiction of the province of Cebu until 1735, when Leyte, together with Samar, was constituted into a separate province with its capital at Carigara.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/leyte.htm (1309 words)

	Leyte Gulf at AllExperts
		Leyte Gulf is the body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, adjoining the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, at.
		The gulf is bounded on the north by the island of Samar, which is separated from Leyte on the west by the narrow San Juanico Strait, and on the south by Mindanao, separated from Leyte by the Surigao Strait.
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought in and around the gulf at the end of October 1944.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/le/leyte_gulf.htm (248 words)

	USS Leyte Gulf CG 55
		The USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) changed homeport on July 30, 1997, from Mayport, FL, to Naval Station Norfolk, VA. The guided-missile cruiser came to Norfolk under a realignment plan that allowed Carrier Group Eight's two cruisers to be collocated, to improve maintenance and training efficiencies.
		The incident took place while the Leyte Gulf was conducting electronic calibration trials in the vicinity of Navy buoy "B" near the Chesapeake Light on January 18.
		Leyte Gulf commemorates the largest naval battle in modern history, fought 23-26 October 1944 in the Philippines, this battle virtually ended the Japanese Navy's capacity to fight as an organized force.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-55.htm (1222 words)

	The Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23-26, 1944 - January 27, 1944 - World War II Multimedia Database
		After Leyte Gulf the largest fleet units would be reserved as suicide attacks for the coming invasion of the Japanese Home Islands.
		That afternoon, the transports were at anchor on Leyte, with just escort carriers, light carriers built on transport hulls, to screen them.
		LEYTE GULF - The Battle of Surigao Strait (D Llewellyn James)
	www.worldwar2database.com /html/leyte.htm (1088 words)

	leyte province info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The province of Leyte is in eastern Visayas.
		It is bounded by Carigara Bay in the north, San Juanico Strait and Leyte Gulf in the east, the visayas Sea and Ormoc Bay in the west, and southern Leyte in the south
		Leyte was under the jurisdiction of Cebu in the early years of Spanish rule.
	home.online.no /~erfalch/leyteprovincea.htm (515 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf information - Search.com
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a naval battle of the Pacific War of World War II, fought in the seas around the island of Leyte in the Philippines from 23 October to 26 October 1944.
		Leyte Gulf also saw the first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese.
		The battle of Leyte Gulf secured the beachheads of the U.S. Sixth Army on Leyte against attack from the sea.
	www.search.com /reference/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf (3288 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf, was a World War II engagement between October 23 and October 26, 1944.
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf saw the first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese.
		Having defended the landing force against the air and naval challenge, the way was opened for the reconquest of Leyte by the land forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, in the Battle of Leyte.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_leyte_gulf.html (645 words)

	One Year Later, Perspective From Crew of USS Leyte Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Once on the scene, Leyte Gulf’s crew was responsible for monitoring the international air corridor in to the city.
		Leyte Gulf returned to Norfolk from deployment in late March, departing for New York City again two months later under much happier circumstances, as participants in the 2002 New York Fleet Week celebration.
		The Sailors on board Leyte Gulf are in their homeport now, one year after the attacks that killed more than 3,000 people from more than 80 different nations.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=3538 (939 words)

	Leyte Gulf, Battle of, 1944 - July 2002
		Hoyt, Edwin P. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Death Knell of the Japanese Fleet.
		Decision and Dissent: With Halsey at Leyte Gulf.
		Halsey, William F. "The Battle for Leyte Gulf." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, vol.
	www.jfsc.ndu.edu /library/publications/bibliography/leyte.asp (1216 words)

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		Thus it was that an American invasion fleet dropped its anchors in Leyte Gulf and, on 20 October 1944, General MacArthur followed his troops ashore with the exclamation "I have returned." in fulfillment of his (and our) early war pledge to the Phillipine people to do so.
		However, on Leyte as well as everywhere else in the Phillipines, thousands of Allied lives were saved by the help and heroism of the Filipino people against whom the Japanese army committed numerous atrocities.
		As is so dramatically shown in the "Victory at Sea" television program on Leyte Gulf, the escorting destroyers made copious quantities of smoke and threw themselves at the Japanese dodging shellfire and launching torpedoes, while the baby flattops' planes assailed the enemy like sparrows defending their nests.
	lcoat.tripod.com /Leytruly.txt (3042 words)

	Journal of History - Battle of Leyte Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the three-day battle for Leyte Gulf, a strategic landing point in the Philippines, the Americans won a decisive victory over the Japanese Imperial Navy - which after that battle, was never to sail as a major fleet again.
		The epic battle for Leyte Gulf lasted three days: the twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and the twenty-fifth of October, nineteen forty-four.
		Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa was the leader of a decoy fleet that was steaming from the north.
	www.journalofhistory.com /Battles/leyte_gulf/leyte_gulf.htm (2826 words)

	Leyte Gulf
		Don Wiegert of Maplewood was a communications specialist on the crew of the USS Wasatch, the flagship of Admiral Kincaid, the head of the Seventh Fleet in charge of the landing operation at Leyte Gulf.
		The Battle for Leyte Gulf was one of the major Naval battles of World War II, and was one of the largest battles ever fought in the history of sea warfare.
		In the end, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was a huge victory for the U.S. The Japanese fleet headed back to its ports never again to be a factor in the war.
	www.mnlegion.org /paper/html/letye_gulf.html (3559 words)

	The Battle of Badung Strait by Vincent O'Hara
		Variously known as “The Battle of Leyte Gulf” and “The Battle for Leyte Gulf, it was inarguably the greatest episode of naval combat in world history.
		Now let’s take a closer look at the words “The Battle for Leyte Gulf.” While the four battles presently comprising it sounded the death knell of the Japanese fleet, the immediate objective (as the name clearly indicates) was to bring the Leyte Gulf area securely under Allied control.
		Ergo, the so-called Battle for Leyte Gulf would actually be more accurately titled “The Campaign for Leyte Gulf”—just as the nine battles of the Central Solomons are referred to as “The Solomons Campaign” and not “The Battle of the Solomon Islands”.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/new_look_leyte.htm (3275 words)

	A New Look at the Battle for Leyte Gulf
		Variously known as “The Battle of Leyte Gulf” and “The Battle for Leyte Gulf, it was unarguably the greatest episode of naval combat in world history.
		So much for “The Battle of Leyte Gulf” (though it must be admitted that if one interprets events broadly enough all four battles had some bearing on securing the pivotal Gulf in the campaign for the Philippines in World War II).
		Ergo, the so-called Battle for Leyte Gulf would actually be more accurately titled “The Campaign for Leyte Gulf”—just as the nine battles of the Central Solomons are referred to as “The Solomons Campaign” and not “The Battle of the Solomon Islands”.
	www.dd-692.com /a%20new%20look%20at%20leyte%20gulf.htm (3221 words)

	Glorious Death: The Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23rd -- 25th, 1944 by Tim Lanzendörfer
		The four-day battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 marked the eclipse of Imperial Japanese naval power, the last sortie in force of the Imperial Navy, and the largest naval battle ever fought on the face of the earth.
		They continued on to Leyte, where they were turned around and continued their pinpricks against the IJN fleet.
		And though the battle of Leyte Gulf ended on a sour note for the U.S., the fact remained that on the evening of October 26th, 1944, there remained no Navy on any of the planet’s seven seas that would be capable of challenging Allied naval dominance.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/leyte_gulf.htm (6554 words)

	Military History Online - The Battle for Leyte Gulf Revisited
		By any measurement, the Battle for Leyte Gulf was the greatest naval battle in history.
		And because "The Battle for Leyte Gulf" didn't change the situation on the ground in any important way, it can't go down as a major victory unless the largely unknown fifth battle is included as part of it.
		Since the purpose of the Battle for/of Leyte Gulf was to secure the Gulf area, any fair-minded assessment has to include the contributions of Army land forces—particularly the 77th Division, destroyer squadrons that raided enemy re-supply bases on the island, and Marine Fighter-Bomber groups that dealt heavy blows to Japanese shipping.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/articles/leytegulfrevisited.aspx (753 words)

	The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		The American invasion was concentrated on Leyte Gulf, in the central Philippines.
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf consisted of two preliminary strikes against the Japanese forces on the way to battle, and three massive engagements once the fleets tangled.
		Together, these five engagements constitute the Battle of Leyte Gulf – the largest naval engagement of all time, and the last time that battleships slugged it out against enemy fleets and against each other.
	www.battleship.org /html/Articles/History/Leyte0.htm (1569 words)

	Leyte Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This timeline of the Battle of Leyte Gulf is based on the Naval Chronology 1944 of Byrd archive with additions from the book Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy, by Clark G Reynolds, 1968.
		Battle for Leyte Gulf (13-16 October) opens as United States submarines off Palawan Island sight and attack the Center Force of three Japanese naval groups moving on Leyte in a major effort to drive United States forces from the Philippines.
		Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle ever to take place.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/LUTZ/leyte.html (1899 words)

	Divide and Conquer - Battle of Leyte Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the three-day battle for Leyte Gulf, a strategic landing point in the Philippines, the Americans won a decisive victory over the Japanese Imperial Navy - which after that battle, was never to sail as a major fleet again.
		The epic battle for Leyte Gulf lasted three days: the twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and the twenty-fifth of October, nineteen forty-four.
		Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa was the leader of a decoy fleet that was steaming from the north.
	home.earthlink.net /~divideandconquer/Battles/leyte_gulf/leyte_gulf.htm (2826 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf
		Leyte Gulf also was the scene of the first organized use of Kamikaze (suicide) aircraft by the Japanese.
		In order for Nishimura to pass the strait and reach the Leyte landings, he would have to run a gauntlet of torpedoes from PT boats, evade two groups of destroyers, proceed up the strait under close-range fire from six battleships and then break through a screen of cruisers and destroyers.
		Memorabilia related to Battle of Leyte Gulf is at auction on eBay.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1757.html (1964 words)

	Leyte Gulf
		This timeline of the Battle of Leyte Gulf is based on the Naval Chronology 1944 of Byrd archive with additions from the book Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy, by Clark G Reynolds, 1968.
		Battle for Leyte Gulf (13-16 October) opens as United States submarines off Palawan Island sight and attack the Center Force of three Japanese naval groups moving on Leyte in a major effort to drive United States forces from the Philippines.
		Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle ever to take place.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/LUTZ/leyte.html (1899 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		After the U.S. amphibious landing on the Philippine island of Leyte (Oct. 20), the Japanese reacted with a plan to decoy the U.S. fleet north while moving three attack forces into Leyte Gulf.
		Japanese naval forces challenged the Leyte landings in a series of three engagements on Oct. 23–26, 1944.
		In the 450-mile (720-kilometer) stretch between Yucatán and Florida are the Yucatán Channel, the northwestern coast of Cuba, and the Straits of Florida.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9370135 (927 words)

	Leyte
		The larger of the two, Leyte Valley extends from the northern coast to the long eastern shore and at the time, contained most of the towns and roadways on the island.
		Preliminary operations for the Leyte invasion began at dawn on 17 October with minesweeping operations and the movement of the 6th Rangers toward three small islands in Leyte Gulf.
		Meanwhile, on the west side of Leyte, the XXIV Corps received welcome reinforcements on 7 December with the landing of the 77th Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. Gen.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/leyte/leyte.htm (9348 words)

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