An explosion aboard USS St. Lo (CVE-63), immediately after being hit by a kamikaze, 10:51 a.m., 25 October 1944. Photograph taken from USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71). National Archives and Records Administration 80-G-270513)
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My dad, Edward Leon Lorren was on St. Lo when plane hit. Fortunately he survived but was in the water for hours. Many did not make it. He never talked about it till few years before his death. I miss him.
Thank you, Barbara.