Japanese kamikaze suicide planes crashed and burned into the escort carrier USS Swanee on October 25 and October 26, 1944. The American crew of the escort carrier Suwanee were treated on board the troop carriers with large numbers of dead and tragically severe burns.

　　Japanese kamikaze suicide planes crashed and burned into the escort carrier USS Swanee on October 25 and October 26, 1944. The American crew of the escort carrier Suwanee was accompanied by a large number of dead and tragically severe burns, and American soldiers were treated on board the troop carriers. Many of the American soldiers' crew members were blown apart in the explosion. Other crew members trapped in the stern of the ship were trapped in the gasoline flames and died.

　In the Pacific War, on October 25, 1944, off the coast of Samar, Philippines, the first ever organized kamikaze suicide attack by the Japanese military was launched against the aircraft carrier Suwanee. A Japanese kamikaze suicide plane hit the forward flight deck of the USS Suwanee (CVE-27), an escort carrier of the U.S. Navy. At 7:40 a.m. on October 25, six Zero fighters immediately raced into the carrier Suwanee in a dive and returned fire with anti-aircraft fire. At 8:04 a.m., a kamikaze suicide plane hit the forward flight deck and burst into flames, killing 71 American soldiers and wounding about 82 others.

 Shortly after noon on October 26, another kamikaze suicide plane crashed into the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Suwanee at 12:40 a.m., following an attack by another kamikaze suicide squadron. It struck a Grumman thunderbomber that was recovered on deck; the two aircraft erupted upon contact, as did nine other aircraft on the flight deck. The resulting fires burned for several hours, and on October 25-26, the American casualties rose to 107 dead and 160 wounded in action. The kamikaze bombs exploded between the flight deck and hangar deck of the aircraft carrier USS Swanee, scarring the ship at about 7.6 meters and inflicting numerous casualties. shortly after noon on October 26, another group of kamikaze bombers crashed the flight deck of the carrier Swanee and struck a torpedo bomber that had just been recovered. the two aircraft, along with nine others on the flight deck, were destroyed by fire. The two aircraft, along with nine others on the flight deck, caught fire and the fire burned for several hours.