January 23, 1945 - We lost our stern anchor when we beached and we had to have a tug come and pick it up before we could retract from the beach. We finally retracted about nightfall. We are loaded up with bombs, trucks and high octane gasoline. We are carrying some MP’s and some Air Corp men. We are in a D-Day convoy, but we do not have a D-Day load. We do not yet know where we will go.