April 24, 1945 - Departed for Mindanao, southernmost Philippine Island, heading for Morotai.

April 21, 1945 - Morning - GQ. Have just passed mouth of Davao Gulf. This is some pretty scenery around here this morning. We are passing a volcano on Mindanao which seems to have popped out of an otherwise completely level stretch of ground. I don’t know how high it is, but it is pretty big. The sun is coming up on the other side of it and it sure makes a pretty picture. We can also see in the distance, a volcano on over the island nearer to Davao. I think it is the highest peak in the Philippines.

April 17, 1945 - Retracted from beach. Noon - Departed from Sansapor for D-4 invasion of Mindanao in the Philippines Islands.

March 17, 1945 - Passing Bohol, Mindanao, and Sarugo Straits.

February 7, 1945 - Passing Negros. Evening - Between Mindanao and Bohol.

January 25, 1945 - 0800 - Got underway for destination. After noon passed through Surgao Straits. Evening - passing Mindanao and another small island. Night - had another flash red, but saw no planes. We got a message today to put more screening ships out due to increased sightings of Jap subs in the area. We are in a convoy with 44 other ships, mostly LST’s with a bunch of LCI’s, LCS’s, LSM’s, transports and escorts. One of the ships in the front of the column broke down and we had to stop to avoid hitting the ships in front of us. We are in task unit 78.3.4.

October 27, 1944 - Got a report of an unidentified aircraft, but it later proved to be friendly. A lone Catalina flew around our convoy a few times. We are now about even with Mindanao.