Bruno A. Demko served aboard USS Santee during World War II. These photos have been contributed by his daughter, Linda Bisset.
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NS-03-cve29-bd4767 Bofors 40-mm quad mount. (93 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd5655 USS Santee (CVE-29) under attack, 25 October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf. (66 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd5713 USS Santee (CVE-29) under attack, 25 October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf. (See also NS0302910.) (60 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd5979 Kamikaze plane, possibly during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944. (45 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd0688 Santee burning, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944. (72 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd1368 Kamikaze hits the deck, 25 October 1944 (same as photo 0302918). (116 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd1308 Damaged flight deck of Santee after kamikaze hit. (156 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd4817 At 0756, sixteen minutes after the kamikaze hit, a torpedo chewed into Santee's starboard side between frames 58 and 60. (111 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd6049 Torpedo damage. (137 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd5867 Grumman F6F Hellcats getting ready to take off. (98 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd6259 Late war photo. (68 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd9692 General Motors TBM Avenger damaged on the forward end of the flight deck (possibly 7 July 1945). (101 Kb) |
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NS-03-cve29-bd9348 - (96 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd9348a Signatures on the back of photo NS-03-cve29-bd9348 (98 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd6004 Fueling at sea. (143 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd6962 Loading planes, San Diego, 1944. (102 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd6967 This Avenger torpedo bomber made an unusual landing (105 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd7321 Scoreboard, German subs and Japanese aircraft, painted on the island (115 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd0358 British Prisoners Of War (POWs) taken off of Formosa for transport home (140 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd0794 Dawn Patrol. Grumman F6F Hellcat on the flight deck. (119 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd1486 Shooting at Japanese planes. (98 Kb) |
NS-03-cve29-bd2064 Burial at sea. (135 Kb) |
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