August 9, 1945

[July] 21 to the 9t of Aug- _____ We spent all this time in port _ every Sat we had inspection _ recreation every day _ port one day _ starboard the next, all together about 260 men rated recreation each day.
159 days
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The last day of Joe's self-imposed journal hiatus.
260 men was only a little more than 10% of the ship's crew.

Photo shows the second atomic bomb explosion over Nagaski.