Thursday, October 21, 2010
OCTOBER 20, 1944
One of my anniversaries: October 20, 1944, On that day our ship, the YMS-176 took part in the invasion of Leyte Gulf, in the Phillipines------General Douglas MacArthur, who had been run out of the Phillipines by the Japanese a couple of years earlier, fulfilled his promise to the Phippine people, "I shall return!" he did, and so did a lot of other Americans including me.
Hard to believe it was 66 years ago. How come I didn't get old?
Our ship arrived two days before the invasion force arrived. We were protected by larger ships and aircraft who were pounding targets ashore. Our job was to clear the anchorage area of mines so that our ships laden with all kinds of stuff and thousands of so9ldiers could enter safely. We did that, and were then used as a control ship, with god knows how many others to guide our soldiers ashore. Wow! What a spectacle.!
Here's a picture of the shio on which I served, YMS=176
Hard to believe it was 66 years ago. How come I didn't get old?
Our ship arrived two days before the invasion force arrived. We were protected by larger ships and aircraft who were pounding targets ashore. Our job was to clear the anchorage area of mines so that our ships laden with all kinds of stuff and thousands of so9ldiers could enter safely. We did that, and were then used as a control ship, with god knows how many others to guide our soldiers ashore. Wow! What a spectacle.!
Here's a picture of the shio on which I served, YMS=176
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