Saturday, April 17, 2010

April 17, 1945

17 _____ 700 went into K_____ anchorage & tied up to Amm ship (#6) _ LST999 came alongside with Amm. We finish at 1200 _ left Amm ship & went beside tanker. GQ went out this morning _ AA went out at 900 & again at 1230 _ we left K____ anchorage at 1600 & went to Point Bowlow & bombarded South outside Okinawa in cond. II. We had GQ till 2200 (10:00 PM) _ Got mail today from Dell & home.
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They went back to the Kerama anchorage to pick up ammo and fuel. The mail was there waiting for them.

Photo is of the kind of tank landing ship that Joe mentions.

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