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Mr Blee added a note o comedy to this occarzon when he announced over the P14 that anyone wzshzng to see the lzne had pervnzyszon to go topsrde A couple o the boyf rnade a dafh and were laughed all the way back down the ladder! On 8 une a steady white light was sighted which was identi fied as being Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands On 9 une the Task Group arrived at Eniwetok Lagoon Marshall Islands and made final preparations for the forthcoming operation The next day the COMET was in all respects ready for the amphibious assault against the apanese on Saipan At Enzwetok we had our ryt look at what rnzght be called a war torn zsland The crew went ashore or a beer party and any zllufzony that we might have had about the beauztz ul zrlands o the Pacz c were broken like .voap bubbles The only lwzng thrngs that seemed to thrwe on the place were the .rand leaf T . , if in ' Q . . . . -ii' . K jf Q If . . . p. . . .- . ' J f ' Q ji ' . ' ff - n- U 4, .- I .-f . 75,1 l i ..' . f - '- E The final leg of the journey began 11 June as this ship got under- way at 0853. Contact was made with Transport Group Baker, Attack Group One, on 14 June. Officer in Tactical Command was then Vice Admiral R. K. Turner, USN, on the USS ROCKY MOUNT gf-loci. . D-Day, 15 June, found the COMET in company with this Attack Force approaching, Saipan from the west. During the pre- vious night the grouphad circled the island to they north. The guns of the bombardment ships could be seen flashing, and many star shells were observed in the pre-dawn darkness. Ar 0500 the gen- eral alarm sounded, and all hands speedily manned theirbattle stations as the ship steamed into the transport area. Landing craft were lowered away, and by 0557 the unloading of combat equip- ment and the debarkation of Marine assault troops had begun. Friendly planes from our carriers roared overhead, and bombs 42
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Jap farmer-Saipan Watching the PPI I 7440 , 2200 RPM
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