April 18, 1942
Saturday Ft. Hughes This has been one of the quietest days to date. We fired one shot only, and that merely to help adjust one… Read More »April 18, 1942
Saturday Ft. Hughes This has been one of the quietest days to date. We fired one shot only, and that merely to help adjust one… Read More »April 18, 1942
Friday Ft. Hughes This morning they bombed us again, killing 2 men and injuring 6. Bombs fell all over the flat end of the island.… Read More »April 17, 1942
Thursday Ft. Hughes Not much to talk about today. We did fire a few more rounds today and had a load of bombs dropped on… Read More »April 16, 1942
Wednesday Ft. Hughes Rumors today that Tojo had said an American convoy was bound for here to arrive today but that it would find no… Read More »April 15, 1942
Tuesday Ft. Hughes Nothing much doing today either. Went up to the top of the hill to Battery Gillispie after dinner to look at the… Read More »April 14, 1942
Monday Ft. Hughes I didn’t think I would fall so far behind in writing this, Three days. This is such a helluva life, though, that… Read More »April 13, 1942
Sunday Ft, Hughes I’m still sweaty and smelly. They assure us that our bombers bombed in this area today and the Japanese evening broadcast verified… Read More »April 12, 1942
Saturday Ft. Hughes Things were relatively quiet today. The Japs shelled us a little but the bombers left us alone. We spent the most part… Read More »April 11, 1942
Thursday Off Alasasin Pt. My, My! What a day! We stood by all night getting ready to get underway. Meanwhile we noticed many fires being… Read More »April 9, 1942