Glen Osborn, a USS St. Lo (CVE 63) veteran, speaks at a donation event commemorating the Battle off Samar at the National Museum of the Navy, July 14. St. Lo was one of the escort carriers that comprised Task Unit , call sign Taffy 3. During the Battle off Samar, St. Lo was struck by a kamikaze becoming the first major ship sunk by a Japanese suicide attack. Naval History and Heritage Command, located at the Washington Navy Yard, is responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of naval history and heritage.

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