December 27, 1944 - Hit the beach and loaded up with 13 LVT’s, 4 General Sherman tanks, 2 catepillar tractors, 1 large craneon tank deck. Also, one side of the tank deck was loaded with all kinds of ammuntion and mortar shells. At the back we had about 50 drums of high octane gasoline and some other food supplies. On the top deck we had one Piper Cub dismantled in a truck. We also had about a dozen trucks and trailers - two of the trailers had quad mount 50 caliber machine guns on them. We also have a field 40mm and over 700 officers and infantry men.