| Month |
Day
| Place or Event |
| April |
10 |
Norfolk, VA |
| 18 |
Panama |
| May |
1 |
Pearl Harbor |
| 5 |
LST-451 |
| 11 |
Hawaii Island |
| 15 |
Maui-Manuevers |
| June |
8 |
Marshalls (Eniwetor) |
| 15 |
Saipan |
| 17-30 |
Air Attacks |
| 28 |
Beached on Saipan |
| 29 |
Receiving Ship |
| July |
1 |
Shot 2 Japanese planes down |
| 1 |
Beached |
| 4 |
21 Gun Salute |
| 5 |
Japanese Barges |
| 6 |
Tininn Shelled Ships |
| 6 |
Imperial Marines From Tininn in Barges Under Fog |
| 7 |
Japanese Counter Attack - 1000 Trapped 1800 Casualties |
| 7 |
U.S. Plane Shot Down By U.S. |
| 7 |
9 Groups of Japanese Planes |
| 8 |
Saipan Secured |
| 11 |
ADM. Nimitz Nere |
| 12 |
Tonapag Harbor |
| 14 |
Crew Killed 7 Japanese |
| 24 |
Invasion of Tininn |
| August |
4 |
Eniwetok |
| 15 |
Pearl |
| Saipan and Tininn Invasions |
3 L.C.T.'s Fell Off - 10 L.S.T.'s Blew Up, Threw 5000 Gallons of
Gas Overboard - 3 Tanks Sunk - 300 Japanese Planes Shot Down - 13
Japanese Barges Full of Troops Sunk - Shrapnell Sprayed Ship -
Japanese Swam Out to Board Ships - Japanese Shells Hit 20ft. From Ship
- Japanese Plane Came in With Running Lights On - Bombs and Flares Hit
Near Ship - Five Japanese Bombers Shot Down at Night - Japanese Working
Priorties - Talked to Japanese Prisoners - Rainy Season July, August,
September. Beer Parties on Beach - Close Shave by PBM - Shells From
Tininn Sprayed Ship - Manda-Gassa IS. Taken in 10 Minutes - Gave
Souvenirs To Fellows on U.S.S. Iowa. |
| September |
10 |
Shoved Off From Pearl |
| 17 |
Man Injured |
| 18 |
Crossed Date Line |
| 25 |
Arrived Einwetok |
| 26 |
Shoved Off |
| 26 |
LST 219 and LST 752 Collided |
| October |
1 |
Crossed Equator |
| 2 |
Took a Beating |
| 4 |
Manus Admiralty ?? |
| 11 |
Shoved Off |
| 14, 16, 19 |
Sub Contacts |
| (11:30) 19 |
Went Through Pass |
| 20 |
Leyte Invasion |
| 20 |
H-Hour 09581/2 - Plenty of IMP Planes Shot Down -
Beached LST's on Invastion Day - LST 733 Shot Down TBF -
Japs Strafed Our Ship From Hills. Air Raids Day and Night -
Had to Move Off Beach Because of Jap Fire - LST 482 Hit 3 Times -
Many Ships Sunk - Pulled Out Just Ahead of Jap Fleet |
| 20 |
Nashville Torpedoed |
| 21 |
LST 482 Hit |
| 21 |
Bombs Hit Near Bow |
| 22 |
Beached at Dulag |
| 24 |
Shoved Off |
| 27 |
Sub Off Starboard Beam |
| 29 |
Crossed Equator |
| 30 |
New Guinea-Hollandia |
| November |
4 |
Saw Boog. |
| 5 |
Shoved Off |
| 9 |
Maffin Bay |
| 15 |
Leyte Tacloban |
| 15 |
Shoved Off |
| 20 |
Crossed Equator |
| 21 |
Hollandia - New Guinea |
| 24 |
Manus - Admirality IS |
| 25 |
Moont Hood |
| 23 |
Thanksgiving - Turkey, Peas, Dressing, Potatoes, Ham, Biscuits,
Fruit Juice, Apple and Pumpkin Pie, Ice Cream |
| December |
4 |
Hollondia - New Guinea |
| 5 |
Comdr. Adgeton made Inspection of Ship - Had
Chance for a 15 Day Leave in Australia |
| 15 |
Comdr. Harlon Goldstar |
| 20 |
Aitape, New Guinea |
| 23 |
Tamara Island |
| 25 |
Christmas at Aitape, New Guinea |
| 30 |
Crossed Equator |
| January |
2 |
Jap Planes Scouting Us |
| 3 |
Plane Crashed Off Carrier |
| 4 |
Leyte Gulf |
| 4 |
Surigaro Strait |
| 5 |
Minanao Sea - 4 Torpedoes Shot -
One Missed Stern - Soft. Sub Got Away -
Jap Bombers Came Over, No Harm |
| 6 |
Sulu Sea - Rough |
| 7 |
Japs Attacked at 1830 - One Plane Shot
Down 100 yds. Off Starboard Beam. Dropped two Bombs
Just Missed LST 486 (2200) - 3 Jap Destroyers Sunk 15 Mile
Off Starboard Beam - One Plane Shot Down - 8 Suicide Planes Hit
Transport - Dropped Bombs in Convoy - Sub Off Starboard Beam -
|
| 9 |
Sugar Day "Luzon" - Entered Lingayen Gulf at Mid Night
Many Floating Mines - G.Q. at 0530;Jap Planes Came Over, Caused Little Damage -
0930 H-Hour, Hit Beach With Little Resistance - LST's Had To Retract
Because of Heavy Mortar Fire: LST 470 Took Direct Hit From Jap Zero
Few Casualties - Mail From Barb and Pinky - Regardless of Heavy Mortar Fire
Had to Beach, Jap Torpedo Bombs in Harbor: 3 Ships Torpedoed - "10" Japs Came
Over at Dawn - Shot Down One Zero - Straffed Our Ship; Japs Started Firing at LST's
on the Beach; LSt 463 Took a Hit; Had to Remain in Firing Range Because Unable to
Retract; Mortars Hit Very Near - Shoved Off for Leyte - Attacked by Jap Suicide Planes;
Two Shot Down; Suicide Plane Hit Apasl - Picked up Survivors - Ships Hitting Each Other Because
of Low Firing |
| 11 |
LST 488 Held Burial Services at 11:00 - Half Mast Colors -
Jap Planes in Vicinity |
| 15 |
Arrived at Leyte at 0900 - Anchored Near Tacloben |
| 16 |
Beached at Catmon Hill Near Dolag - On the Wheel for About 20 Hours |
| 17 |
Could Not Retract from Beach - Two Air Attacks |
| 18 |
Two Tugs Had to Pull us Off Beach |
| 20 |
Had Two New Screws Put on |
| 22 |
Shoved Off For Luzon |
| 23, 24, 25 |
Air Attacks |
| 27 |
Arrived at Longayen Gulf - Joined Navy One Year ago |
| 28 |
Two Air Attacks |
| 31 |
Shoved Off From Luzon |
| February |
5 |
Arrived at Leyte |
| 6 |
Shoved Off From Leyte |
| 12 |
Crossed Equator at 0530 |
| 14 |
Arrived at Manos - Barney Transfered |
| 15 |
Put Packing in Steering |
| 16 |
Had 2 1/2 Hours Sleep in 42 Hours |
| 17 |
Shoved Off for Guadal Canal - Target Practice; Knocked Down Two Sleeves |
| 19 |
Manuevers All Day and Emergency Drills |
| 20 |
Manuevers Again |
| 22 |
Arrived at Floridia Island |
| 23 |
Midget Sub in Purvis Bay |
| 24 |
Had Trail Run |
| 27 |
Liberty on Tulagi - Saw Horace Loomis |
| March |
1 |
Beached at Guadal Canal |
| 7 |
Threw Starboard Screw - In Dry Dock for Two Days |
| 11 |
Shoved Off for Aaruline Islands |
| 16 |
Saipan Killed |
| 18 |
Flag Bag Caught Fire |
| 21 |
Arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands |
| 25 |
Shoved Off for Okinawa Shima , (Ryukyo Island) |
| 27 |
Sub Contact |
| 30 |
Sub |
| April |
1 |
Okinawa Invasion 2 Days - 0200 Jap Bombers Attacked Convoy: 2 Planes Shot Down
by US Ships - Waves Had Little Resistance - Air Raids Day and Night - What an Easter! |
| 2 |
LST Caught Fire - Air Raids All Day |
| 3 |
A Few Ships Were Hit by Bombs and Suicide Planes - Beached on Green Island - Tokyo
Rose Said 187 Ships Sunk in Invasion |
| 4 |
Colder than Hell - LST's Broached on Beach |
| 5 |
Massive Air Attack - Two Subs a Few Hundred yards from us - Both Sank |
| 6 |
450 Planes Shot Down - What a Day! - Were Falling Like Flies: Several American
Planes Shot Down - One APA Hit, 3 LST's, 4 Destroyers, 3 Destroyers Sunk, Several Misc.
Ships Hit - Sub Off Port Bow - 5 Jap Planes Fell within 200 Yards - 2 Suicide Planes
Made Dive but were Knocked Down |
| 7 |
Suicide Plane hit Destroyer - 2 Bombs Hit Off Port Side, Shrapnel Sprayed Ship
Most of the Day |
| 8 |
G.Q. All Morning - Many Suicide Planes and Boats - Destroyer Hit by Suicide Boat - Japs
Swimming out to Ships - Jap Air Attacks All Day |
| 9 |
Shoved Off for Guam |
| 10 |
Sighted Sub: Sank Same |
| 11 |
Transfered Man from LST 908 for Appendicitis Operation |
| 13 |
News of President Roosevelt's Death |
| 15 |
Had Memorial Services for President - Orders Changed, Going to Olithi |
| 17 |
Arrived at Olithi, Caroline Islands |
| 25 |
Shoved Off for Palao Islands |
| 25 |
Arrived at Palao Islands |
| 30 |
Shoved Off for the Phillippines |
| May |
3 |
Arrived at Leyte (1430) |
| 5 |
Liberty on Leyte |
| 7 |
Birthday - Baptized Cole on Beach of Samar - Played "R3" in Basketball,
3 Overtimes Won 21-23 |
| 24 |
Shoved Off for Okinawa |
| 29 |
Arrived at Okinawa - Fog Machine Caught Fire - 115 Planes Shot Down in 2 Days |
| June |
6 |
2 Destroyers Sunk - Louisville Hit by Jap Suicide Plane |
| 7 |
Shoved Off from Okinawa |
| 13 |
Arrived at Saipan |
| 14 |
Arrived at Tinian |
| 23 |
Saipan Again |
| 24 |
Talked to "Hank" Miller by Blinker - Shoved Off for Eniwetok |
| 29 |
Arrived at Eniwetok |
| July |
2 |
Shoved Off for "Pearl" |
| 7 |
Crossed International Date Line (1700) |
| Friday 13 |
Arrived at "Pearl" - Going to USA |
| 14 |
Shoved Off for the Good Old USA |
| 25 |
Arrived San Diego Harbor, USA (0600) |
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