Ormoc Bay

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Ormoc Bay is a bay on the island of Leyte in the Philippines. The bay is an inlet of the Camotes Sea. The city of Ormoc lies at the head of the bay and exports rice, copra and sugar. The World War II Battle of Ormoc Bay took place from November 11 until mid-December in Ormoc Bay during late 1944. It consisted of a series of almost daily destroyer skirmishes and air battles. It was decisive in determining the final outcome of the Battle for Leyte Gulf.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormoc_Bay
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Coordinates:   10°56'35"N   124°36'45"E

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  • a beautiful place to watch beautiful sunsets.
  • one of my favorite places in the whole world..beautiful place to watch the sun set
  • The USS Ward, which fired the first shot of US involvement in WW2 on Dec 7, 1941, was hit by a Kamikaze attack here and sunk on Dec 7, 1944.
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