27 October 1944
One air attack early in morning – rest of day quite. Air attack in evening and General Quarters ALL night. Jap bomber hit beach in… Read More »27 October 1944
USS Fremont APA-44
27 October 1944
GQ at 0500. The other force was being attacked. We could see the AA fire from here. We were left alone. Secured at 0800. Up… Read More »27 October 1944
27 October 1944
Just another day of GQs and again we were lucky, as a crippled Jap missed us and hit the ship on our starboard beam exploding… Read More »27 October 1944
26 October 1944
Still battling Jap air attack attempts – shooting them down as fast as they come within range. Jap planes coming in only one and two… Read More »26 October 1944
26 October 1944
GQ at 0500, nothing happened. I think they bombed inland on the beach. We secured at 0530. GQ was again sounded at 0600 and the… Read More »26 October 1944
26 October 1944
Started at 4:40AM today and worked through until 11:30PM. Had a close one when a plane made a run on us off our bow. Every… Read More »26 October 1944
25 October 1944
Continued Jap air attacks — enemy bombs dropped on island and in sea but with no damage. Shooting them down as they come in. Southern… Read More »25 October 1944
25 October 1944
Same thing as yesterday with little variation. Things started at 5:05AM and continued on and off all day, up till midnight. To say we were… Read More »25 October 1944
25 October 1944
General Quarters at 0500. Nothing happened, although there were enemy planes in the vicinity. We secured at 0730 when the boys were about to have… Read More »25 October 1944