13 _____ AA 200 _ 330 GQ till 610. We were off (Ie Shima) at 630 which is 8 miles from Okinawa (USS Bir____) & a few DDs were with us (the island had a little mountain on the right hand side of it, it was a very [be]autiful island _ BB Ark and one DD joined [us] at 915. The island look something like [I]wo Jima. We fired 75 round of 6" & 40 5"._____ In morning we fired on barricks & gun implasents _ we had not place spotter. Small boats straft the Beach (L.C.S.)s _ We fired from Condiction II.
_____ In afternoon we hit one gun implasment a house & some trenches & killed one horse when he got in the way of firing. A lot of horses run lo[o]se on island. 1500 we stop firing. 1815 AA defense till 1830. AA & GQ at 1900 till 2015.
_____ Capt[ai]n made speech & told us Rosevelt had died.
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Top photo is of Ie Shima.
Bir = USS Birmingham
Ark = USS Arkansas
LCS = literally "Littoral Combat Ships" -- landing crafts that could take troops over the littoral zone (coastal shelf) and land them on a beach.
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