Halsey at Leyte Gulf/ The story of the Fighting "I", the USS Intrepid (America's Greatest Victories)

On October 17, 1944, Allied forces assaulted Suluan Island, beginning the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Imperial Japanese Navy's 1st Air Fleet, based at Manila was assigned the task of assisting the Japanese ships which would attempt to destroy Allied forces in Leyte Gulf. However, the 1st Air Fleet at that time only had 40 aircraft: 34 Mitsubishi Zero carrier-based fighters, three Nakajima B6N torpedo bombers, one Mitsubishi G4M and two Yokosuka P1Y land-based ... The USS Intrepid is an Essex-class aircraft carrier, commissioned on August 16th, 1943 and participated in World War II, the space race, the Cold War and the Vietnam War...