The start of the Battle of Leyte Gulf

there are fewer more stirring accounts of Naval surface action than that of the battle of Lady Gulf off Samar island in the Philippines on October 25th [Music] 1944 here three American destroyers and four Destroyer escorts interposed themselves between a group of vulnerable Jeep carriers and the Japanese force composed of four battleships seven Cruisers and 11 Destroyers [Music] la [Applause] [Music]