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.

August 15, 1944 - Sighted New Guinea. They are still fighting the Japs here. It is a hilly jungily looking place. Evening-Passing New Britain and a bunch of small islands. One island we passed was an 8,000 feet high volcano. Sighted a lot of ships including surfaced sub. They were all ours.