General Douglas MacArthur traveling by PT-Boat across Leyte Gulf off Tacloban, Philippines aboard PT-525, an Elco 80-foot PT-Boat of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 36 (MTBRon-36), 24 Oct 1944.

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Caption     General Douglas MacArthur traveling by PT-Boat across Leyte Gulf off Tacloban, Philippines aboard PT-525, an Elco 80-foot PT-Boat of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 36 (MTBRon-36), 24 Oct 1944. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines
Date 24 Oct 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via NavSource
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 900 x 484 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
7 Sep 2016 03:23:58 PM

Left-to-Right: Navy Lt Alexander W Wells, Captain of PT-525, Army General Douglas MacArthur, Navy Commander Selman S Bowling, commanding officer of all Motor Torpedo Squadrons in the 7th Fleet, Army Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, commanding general of the 6th Army.
2. Anonymous says:
27 Jan 2022 10:10:02 PM

In the full photo you will see my uncle ens. Gervis S. Brady at the controls of PT 525.

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Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines

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