Monthly Archives: November 2012

Wow! today is the day.  It is now 9:30am and the zero hour is getting near.  The announcement just came over the phone, batter up so that means a fight.  Now came the play ball.  Everyone is anxious to find … Continue reading →

Tonight is the night, Oh Boy!  It is very calm today and as quite as hell, something is bound to happen.  The planes have been out scouting all day and ever one is at their battle stations.  Everyone is running … Continue reading →

About midday the sea began to quit down and it’s getting nice out.  I sure hope it’s not rough when we land.  We are going to start to unload tomorrow night at midnight.  The planes were all out scouting all … Continue reading →

Boy was it ever rough today.  I was sick all day and had to go on guard at 3:00pm  I got a post outside so I felt a lot better.  It started to storm again and boy was it ever … Continue reading →

I am off guard now and boy are those waves ever big.  Last night they came way up over the bow every dip.  The wind is very strong and some times it feels like your trying to climb a hill.  … Continue reading →

Everything is quite this morning and it looks a little like it might storm.  Swanny and I just beat the heck out of everyone we played pinochle.  We challenged Lt. Griffith and the First Sgt. and beat them badly.  Today … Continue reading →

It was a very beautiful morning today.  The sun was just rising and it sure was pretty.  It has been clear all day and planes have been out scouting around all day.  We had practice session of abandon ship drill … Continue reading →

I went to 8:30 Mass today.  It was stormy out a little and the wind was very strong.  We could have landed today but we are not suppose to land until the 8th of Nov.  We played cards this afternoon … Continue reading →