Battle off Samar

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Reports

* War Damage Report A-3(420), "Summary of War Damage - December 8, 1943 to December 7, 1944," pp28. BuShips, Design Division, Preliminary Design Section, War Damage Assessment Team. 1 June 1945.
* War Damage Report #60, "Escort Carriers Gunfire, Bomb, Kamikaze Damage and Loss During World War II," BuShips, Design Division, Preliminary Design Section, War Damage Assessment Team.

Web

* [http://www.historyanimated.com/LeyteGulfPage.html Animated History of The Battle of Leyte Gulf including the Battle off Samar]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/rep/Leyte/BatExp/index.html Battle Experience: Battle for Leyte Gulf] [Cominch Secret Information Bulletin No. 22]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/rep/Leyte/TF-77-Leyte.html Task Force 77 Action Report: Battle of Leyte Gulf]
* [http://www.battleship.org/html/Articles/History/Leyte0.htm "Turkey Trots to Water"] — detailed description of the battle from battleship.org
*Order of battle: [http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/OOB_WWII_Samar.htm Samar] .
* [http://www.microworks.net/pacific/battles/leyte_gulf.htm "Glorious Death: The Battle of Leyte Gulf"] by Tim Lanzendörfer
* [http://www.battle-of-leyte-gulf.com/ battle-of-leyte-gulf.com]
* [http://www.bosamar.com/ The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf website] by Robert Jon Cox
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/Philippines/index.html Return to the Philippines] : public domain documents from ibiblio.org
* [http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/leytegulfrevisited.aspx The Battle for Leyte Gulf Revisited]
* [http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-de413.shtml Timeline for USS "Samuel B. Roberts" (DE 413)]
* [http://www.historyanimated.com/LeyteGulfPage.html Animated History of The Battle of Leyte Gulf]
* [http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/japanstaoperation.aspx Japan's TA-Operation: A Blueprint for Disaster] by Irwin Kappes

Audio/visual media

*"Lost Evidence of the Pacific: The Battle of Leyte Gulf". History Channel. TV. Based on book by Hornfischer, James D. (2004). The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.

*"Dogfights: Death of the Japanese Navy". History Channel. TV. Based on book, and with interview by Hornfischer, James D. (2004). The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.

Notes