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Photo #: NH 97259

Mindoro Invasion, December 1944


USS LST-738 burning after she was hit by a Kamikaze off the Mindoro landing beaches, 15 December 1944. USS Moale (DD-693) is nearby.
Note hole in LST-738's starboard side, just forward of the large "738" painted there.
Smoke in the left distance may be from LST-472, which was also hit by the Kamikaze attack.

Collection of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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24 February 2000