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GUAM OPERATION A combat load of cargo and 1650 troops ofthe 77th Army Divi- sion were taken aboard from 5-8 July. Lt. Colonel C. F. Green, USA, of the Second Battalion, 306th Infantry, was in command. Lt. Comdr. T. C. Fonda, USNR, Executive Oflicer on the COMET, assumed command on 9 July, relieving Commander V. F. Stieglitz. The same date the ship got underway for the Guam invasion, traveling in Task Unit 55.1.11 with OTC Commodore H. B. Knowles, USN, on the MONROVIA. Other ships in the Unit included the WARHAWK,jBOLIVAR, FUNSTON, ALCYONE, SHERIDAN, ALMAACK, FELAND, DOYEN, and the merchant vessels, CHINA VICTORY and CLAREMENT VICTORY. Escorts included the destroyers AULICK and GRENDREAU, and the destroyer escorts HASTINGS, H. C. THOMAS, and BEBAS. The ships zigzagged their way to Eniwetok, arriving there 17 July. With only one day's delay which was used for practice landings, the Unit proceeded to the objective arriving off Orote Peninsula on the west coast of Guam 22 July. The debarking ofttroops and discharg- ing of cargo were accomplished during 23-29 July, with the ships executing a retirement plan each night. Leaving Guam 29 July the ship returned to Pearl Harbor, with one night's stop at Eniwetok enroute. Steamed into Pearl Harbor on 11 August, andthe oflicers and men were given until 1 Septem- ber for rest, recreation, and training in preparation for forthcoming operations. F V . 5 ' On 1 September preparations were begun for-the invasion of Yap island in the Western Carolines. The ship got underway for 'Maui with more than 500 troops aboard for training purposes. The COMET was still operating in TransDiv 28, with the BOLIVAR CTransDiv Flagshipj, SHERIDAN, DOYEN, ALMAACK, and BELLE GROVE. This Division was part of Task Group 33.2, Attack Group Baker, under command of Rear Admiral F. B. Royal, on the ROCKY MOUNT: and Task Group 33.4, Transport Group Baker, consisting of TransDiv's 10, 18 and 28, under Commodore 48
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