Friday, May 7, 2010

May 7, 1945

7th _____ GQ from 245 till 500 (Japs seem to come every day at the same time _ Cond. II from bombardment was set right after chow. Other turrits are running low on Amm so their taking it out of turrit II.
_____ At 1400 (2PM) Cond III was set _ the ship got underway for (Point Bowlow.) We get their [sic] at 1730 (530PM) & drope anchor.
___ Helping us in todays bombardment are
(BBs) _______ also three
USS Miss #____ DDs
USS Texas #35
USS NY. #34
USS Ark. #33

_____ (Today we distro[y]ed (5) E boats that were spotted on the beach)
_____ We learned Germany has given up now _ its two down and one to go.
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E boat = fast torpedo craft. Photo shows a German E boat, but apparently the Japanese had something similar.

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