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USS Belleau Wood, October 1944. On October 30, as the Belleau Wood was patrolling east of Leyte Island in the Philippines, its crew shot down a Japanese kamikaze plane, which exploded as it crashed onto the carrier’s flight deck aft. Before the fire could be brought under control, 92 men had perished. (Life Picture Collection, Getty Images)