Brooklyn (CL 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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g-- ..'.Q , more. I was officially informed they were ' 13 k loading everything they could that night and vgglariulcd 18:12 at dawn with directions they would give us just before we left. Then I did a fool thing. This city was taken after a pretty good battle and the people were still getting over the effects. Many didn't have places to live, they were cooking in the streets in front of the crumbled buildings that once were homes. Children go to the bathroom in the same streets. They were desperate and I found out there was looting and stealing going on and a U.S. officer has to wear sidearms of a 45 pistol to go into the city. I heard with usual efficiency the Army had opened up an Officers' Club within two days of taking the city and I felt like seeing it. The mistake I made was going alone. I met some nice Army fellows and some of the local girls who had been carefully screened and were hostesses at the club. I was doing pretty good with the language barrier with one hostess when the club closed at midnight and offered to walk her home. I didn't realize why she took me up so quickly until we got out on that completely blacked out, shell damaged street. Couldn't see where we were going or what was around us. Somehow it wasn't so bad because there were two of us and she knew where she was going. I went in and met her mother, father and sister. The four of them living in one room they had put together with all sorts of blankets and curtains over the open spaces of the walls so they could use their candles and still be blacked out. I have never had such a feeling as when I left and walked out into the blackness again. I was scared all the time with the guns and bombs. But this was a different kind of paralyzing fear. I didn't really know where I was or how to get back to the ship, I couldn't speak the language to ask if I dared to talk to anyone and I knew that in every dark corner were people who would kill me without any feeling to get my 45 pistol Cworth moneyl and anything else I might have. It seemed like hours, but, of course, it wasn't, when I saw the glimmer of light coming from the tank deck of my LST at the dock. I don't really know how I got there. Never was so glad to see anything. The.Army came on board before dawn to brief us. Patton's Army was moving across the top of Sicily and going fast. They needed gasoline and ammunition to be in a certain Elace when they got there. They gave me a chart and their est uess of where I should go. They had sent LST 3 out two days ago and didn't know much about her except that she had been hit and hadn't come back yet. As long as -we were going anyway, maybe we could look for her too. I tried to find out if Patton hadn't yet gotten to where we are suppose to go, what is there now? They didn't know the answer. We went out the harbor and along the north coast of Sicily that had not yet been swept for mines. At 3:00 P.M. we found San Stefano, our point on the chart, we also found the LST 3 with a bomb hole in her stern sitting on the beach with her bow on dry sand and her stern sunk on the bottom. American Army personnel were yelling at us from the beach saying we should go to St. Agatha. I looked at the chart andrSt. Agatha seemed to be pretty far up. I dropped the anchor, put down a boat and went into the beach. They told me they were the advance.part of the offensive and the main body would be going through shortly, I wasn't sure who outranked who but I looked at the LST 3 and figured whatever games the Army was playing, I liked my LST and this was as far as we were going. Went back on board, got underway and took a slow run at the beach Cdidn't want to get stuck hereJ,.opened the doors and ramp on dry sand and turned the entire ship, including officers, to unloading. I went up on the road that runs along the shore and along a railroad track. Found the advance unit of the Army sitting there in their jeeps. I told them I thoucght it would be a good idea if they came down and helpe unload the Ship- They wanted no part of that ship and I was to find out ,W why. I found part of the crew of the LST 3 sitting around the road and I told them to come back to their ship with me. We went on the LST 3 and got the officers together and said I was authorized to give them a-ride home but first they and the whole crew would have to help unload the ship. The captain promised complete cooperation and he gave it. Around mid-morning a German fighter plane came in from the sea, took a good look at us and went over the hills on the other side of the road. About noon without warning a fighter plane hopped over the hill and, with no straffing and not much time to aim, dropped a bomb at us from a low altitude. It missed the back of the LST and the plane was gone in a flash. There was no shooting because we needed everyone to unload. This happened three times. Twice more that day and once the next morning. A hop over the hill, quick aim and drop a bomb in the water behind the LST. It was like a frustrated basketball player standlng all alone on the floor with no one opposing him and not being able to drop the ball in the basket. Why he never straffed I don't know. A few machine gun shells in all that gasoline and ammunition and OH BOY. I could see why the Army wanted to stay up on the road. Wouldn't even come down when I turned the other cheek and invited them to dinner. Then Army personnel showed up and took over the unloading. They had DVWKS to load on the tank deck and run off and the job began to get done. Went on all night and in the morning we began getting things that we could from the LST 3 on our ship. A bulldozer pushed the disabled LCVP landing boats of the 3 off the beach and in the water. We pulled them over to the 376 with our boats and fastened them with a long line to pull behind. I was right in the act and the LCVP I was riding was more badly damaged than the others. It sunk under me and I had to swim ashore. The bulldozer was helpincg to move some stuff near the bow of the ship and backe into our bow door so half of it wouldn't close. About 6:00 were ready to go when eight loaded LCT's came by and said they had orders for us to fuel them. While this was going on, the Army came down to tell me there was a captured German locomotive up on the railroad track pulling a load of ammunition to the front and it needed water. We ran some hose up to the road and watered it. At midnight we got underway and slowly made our way back to Palermo with one bow door opened. After seeing the movie Patton, I understand why he was making this headlong dash across the top of Sicily. It was to beat Montgomery coming up from the south. If I had seen the picture first, I don't think I would have gone to San Stefano. And I am glad I didn't go to St. Agatha. As a sequel to this, the crew of the LST 3 were given a citation and the skipper a medal and all sent back to the States. We got another job to do. As we were going into Palermo, the hospital ship Seminole, was also coming in. We anchored and I took a small boat ashore and went to Naval Headquarters and talked to the Admiral. He told me the 376 was scheduled to make a landing behind the enemy lines. I talked to him for awhile and told him about the bow door so he sent me down to the docks to act as an advisor to the captain in charge of loading. Before I knew it, I ended up at the Summer Place of the King of Italy and ate dinner at General Patton's headquarters with three generals and the captain from the docks. Ate off the King's plates in the beautiful dining room. Went by the Seminole and said hello. Back to the Admiral and got orders to go back to Bizerte and not go on the behind the lines deal. Joined up with a small group of LST's and proceeded to Bizerte to learn of plans for the next big invasion. One bow door is still open. That was the last time we were in Sicily for awhile.

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Dreu f T i feu'e f'm Q N- Shan' Ensign 1' F- Snnn sum TOMATOES MUCH LEAVES ,...... A, ' ' - ieut t . W. F' th ' I J Lien: A. L. Nevfman fgifgzi MAYONNAISE DRESSING .Kidd-tb vixivv wel.. L.. .ee Lieuh rig, I. S- Tyler Captain S- S. Yemen USMC MIXED NUTS ASSORTED CANDIES YL nap, 9 f3:L:neHbye--S. Lieut. flgl W. T. Grcner Second Lt. M. Peyton, USMC FRESH FRUITS FRUIT CAKE ICE CREAM W- '9 M., W Ensign I- R- Wddleigh Chief Boatswain H. V. Randolph HOT ROLLS ' - .. I nimigiifi W, . H V V , Ensign I. U. Steele. USNR Chief Gunner w. I-I. Ceriy BUTTER ftp. i f 5 I Ensign lit. liiiagies, USNR Chief Electrician P. E. Koon COFFEE S E 'gxff ' fL,.g ?j-.s 'f ' ' ' nsign . . u e Radio Electrician A. B. Ward Q E Ensign R. C. Giffen, Ir. Chief Mneninisi L. w. on CIGARS CIGARETTES ,i V iifxf' i Erjbklriiq Ensign C. W. Harbert, USNR Machinist C. F. Vance 33? gflng' Ensign G. N. Stembridge, Ir., USNR Chief Carpenter A. R. Clemens C. BROWN ' '-4 Ensign F. A. Hooper Chief Pay Clerk I. G. Stanton Chief Commissary Steward, U. S. Navy Ensign W. l. Valentine Acting Pay Clerk R. G. Cook . fglttishnixs I U S S BROOKLYN December 25 1942 Cuptaln F C Denebrlnk U S Commanding Oflioer Cernmander G G Herrmi U S Executive Oflicer Lieutennnt F M Lamkin tSCl U S N Supply Offleer nu i . . . i I , P ! ! ' ' I ! , i I . . 'k i ! i ! ! ! ! ! ! - ! ! . , , , . . N. ! ! ! ! l I I . E , , ' , . . N. ! I ! I ! I ! I . . . . . . - I I . . 5 I .. I ! 5 , , I . . . N. I S Commissary Ottieer Q I .. i ! i ! i ! i ! i ! i ! i ! i ! i ! i ! i 2 5 -U, ,,,. .,.,.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. .- .-.-.-.--.. -.-.-.-. . . .-. . .-. . . . . .---.---.-.-.-,- -.-.-. ..... .- -. ........... - - - - - - - .. 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