6th _____ AA went at 130 ... got underway no planes came. At 300 AA went then GQ _ f... groups of Jap planes came _ each group had from 1 to 2 p[lanes]. They drop flare over us _ we were lighted like Chris[tmas] tree. came out of GQ at 630 & GQ went again at 830 to bombard a town (Nakma[??] _ six inch fired 24 [r]ounds up to 1230. AA defense went at 1230 _ no planes showed up. town is still smoking _ a Jap cruiser can be seen from where we are now. it was [beached] in one of the raids by our planes. Were on the west side of the island now. GQ went at 1530 _ the Japs came in about 1545. (3.45 PM) They really gave us a bade time. They sank one DD & eight other ships damaged. GQ lasted 5 hours. Mobile got eather one or two planes, Japs lost 76 planes. They seem to be after the smaller ships. Two came right at us but we got them before they reached us. Most planes are ...36 days out of states
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Nakma = Nakama, located on at the south end of Okinawa, not far from the bay on the eastern side.
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