It was 17 hours of concentrated hell and the most amazing thing about the battle was that our Pacific ... through our naval blockade and enter Leyte gulf, they could have wiped out every ship ...
NORFOLK, Va. - Downtown Norfolk's MacArthur Memorial hosted an event on Saturday commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The battle was a key U.S. victory during World War ...
In 1944, after four days of furious fighting, the World War II battle of Leyte Gulf, largest air-naval clash in history, ended with a decisive U.S. victory over the Japanese. File Photo by US Navy ...