USS Ward on fire and sinking after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft in Ormoc Bay, Philippines, 7 Dec 1944, three years to the day after she fired the first US shot of the Pacific War.

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Caption     USS Ward on fire and sinking after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft in Ormoc Bay, Philippines, 7 Dec 1944, three years to the day after she fired the first US shot of the Pacific War. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippines
Date 7 Dec 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-270773
 
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Photos on Same Day 7 Dec 1944
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 954 x 1,189 pixels



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WW2-Era Location Name:
Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippines

Latitude-Longitude:
10.8500, 124.5500

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