Sept 14, 1944 - Picked up some more LST's. We have now got 10 LST(s) and three destroyers in our part of the task force. Last night we just barely missed hitting a freighter cutting through our convoy. I guess if we had hit him we might be swimming right now. The army on board seems to be pretty nice boys. They keep pretty much to themselves. Most of them eat and sleep on the top deck on the jeeps and cars. We haven't room for all of them to sleep in bunks. We have about 250 aboard. They are going to land on the third day and they are supposed to have an airstrip that the Japs started to build ready to land fighter planes 48 hours after they get there. Bombers are supposed to be able to land in 15 days. We are in task force 77.


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