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12 t I .I N ysemarked the first time the Dutchess had continuously sailed eastward. As she steamed al ' thi l' ' one east by north ,into Ve rising sun, the Dutchessmen turned-to eradicating the grime of- war in- qluding the ubiquitous thick film of oil produced by the fog fsmokel generators.- During that short, yet interm' bl f ' ' ina e weel. at Okinawa, equipment had de- preciated startlingly-as if three months had t ' , N U . ranspired. The wear and tear on facilities and living spaces occasioned b h V Q O0 . y , me ial measures were indi- cated. So a prolonged field day Cclean up ship period? was launched, equip ggpent was overhauled, rust remov d d ' ' ' y was marked. In addition the militar Ib a earan f h f ' soldiera died of T b on Okinawa, and o Saipan, Marianas Islands, his body b ' d h A b ' ,, Senior Medical Officer with the aid films une as Ore Y the Army' o the Dutchess' oth t d t .30 Hospital Corpsmen labored unceasingly with the er' WO OC OTS W th casualties. Most of ere on e road to recovery when transferred ashore to the Port Surgeon I Acquaintanceships had sprung up between the Dutchessmen and ambulatory wounded, the Dutches I G s was sorry to see them go. Some of the officers and men were able to get a h D s ore for recreation-the in. five weeks of confinement aboard ship. When the next destination was they had earned some good times. A militant minority felt that the Dutchess' not yet begun to fight. wounds received in action P Chapter V if ' RESPITE FROM WAR- ' I SAN FRANCISCO- The long voyage home I6 da PoRriAND - PEARL HARBoR I I y t e closely packed pre ence of troops aboard for 27 da s y earing pp ce o t e crew had deteriorated re d e , ecks painted, inspections held, and rdeficiencies in the organization were squared away. The Dutchessmen, now .self-styled' battle veterans but still h he t d - ' ' yp na e military civilians in outlook, ' .didnt care for this period too much. However, once squared away and ship- Hshape, they bec 'I ' ' ame proud of the Gung Ho ships neat d . an military ap- pearance. -The route lay largely through the tropics, through the hot, dry, and . e e, Central P 'f' . ' s ren aciic There being but three passen b gers a oard-naval enlisted 'men being transferred to await General Courts Martial-the officers and men .fbund the ship quite spacious. As the transfer of the two LCMs in Saipan ileft the bi h t h .. X g ac CNo. 33 vacant, the Boat Group Commander was bl t l Sfqgersmo ' - W a e .o kers and boxing bouts on top of the hatch A basketball league got down in th e cavernous depths of No 3 Hold the upper decks offered bathe h rs aven. By the time the States were reached the Dut h y , c essmen .ere brown and fit. tr wn gra ually revealed the now familiar massiveness of' Head Oahu Hawaiian Islands on the 23rd of Ma th 1 1 As the mists of da d I 1 U 1 V Y' e lII1?'c l Gil toview the land once more. After two months in the Western Pacific Harb Or and the Hawaiian Islands seemed safe, and secure. Passingjip .Channel between Hawaii and Molokai, the 98 steamed on exchanging I . . 1th numerous westbound ships. Scarcely a four-hour watCh GHSUGCI the ' ' passing of a loaded ship and then another ship and then still h . f U. ,. Heavily laden ship, all steadily making their WHY WGSIWUISI., UP' Q chatnof ships 20 miles apart reached from San Franc1scO.tfD Glgua? It was this never ending conveyor belt line of munitions a . I for the assault groupS to down The ICIIO OU Okinofwq 'Luzon ' 1 I M5531 Lamar, Pvt., 39933168 Company M, 184th Infantry, ' 23 M? 1 'P 'si win V ,A .. I V 1 K K, A ' A, V' A - MW' wp. , A KW f ' 1 IA, 1 t I , .Ax N tagihxxs f,L32 9f4' j , ,,, . i -1 . y . I I 2 3 is 7' j. gf' in ,yi wir gi-:L If ., , , I , - ' I I - 'f i f ,gg -:,1fiz9f.1'y-r.-ravi. . .' I ' x -A V V , - I - A I ' ' ' X.
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