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1 iri2:a..lwar, the 98 mooredto Pier 15 h a g um- aced casual' load of Army Ground and Armored entsf The bands still played as the 51 officers and 1177 11 , . u men up the gfmgway with bags over their shoulders. The Red Cross tis ill waved and' passed out doughnuts. However the yielding of the T ' , -had subtly converted these ,men in the eyes of the onlookers as w ll .their own minds from the honored role of heroes subject to in' sd , Jury a to the ignoble status of time-serving occupation troops that were more d h ' d I pitie t an praise . t was this sinking in self-esteem that occasioned much of the rancor of demobilization unrest that subsequentl occurred . Y . Once 'again the Dutchess sailed out through the Golden Gate, this time Iehving a very confused half jubilant-half perplexed, United States astern. This time the crewmen were light-hearted, having expected the fire and fury .of gn assault landing, the Dutchessmen found it pleasurable to sail with the knowledge that the landing would, in all probability, be accomplished with- ,Qutbloodshedg r 9 1 1 -i 1 However, the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet was taking no chances ,With the good. faith of some recalcitrant Nipponese submarine commander. The guns were 'manned as usual throughout the 13-day voyage across to Eniwetok. The ship was darkened at night except for dimmed running lightsg alert lookouts were maintained, and the troops were exercised at abandon Ship drill and warned to keep their life belts with them at all times. The troops underwent the usual initial bouts of seasickness and organi- zational confusion heightened this time by the fact that the authorities at Fort .Mason would permit no personal contact between the troops and the ship prior to their embarkation. All being casuals, and largely unknown to one another, the troops had been organized into companies shortly before em- barkation. This organization had to be adjusted to fit the Dutchess own peculiarities of facilities, including messing and berthing arrangements. The Commanding Officer' of troops was greatly assisted in this activity by the three Escort Officers fspecialists in moving troops over land and water? and between them with the added assistance of the First Lie'utenant's Department, effective operation was ultimately secured. Steaming westward along the usual tropical route the voyage was re- lievedonly by one incident-a call- for medical assistance from a merchant ship. Rendezvousing with the S.S. Wiley Wakemen on a bright calm night they Senior Medical Officeryboarded her via boat, found the patient doing satisfactorily, returned, and the 98 resumed her voyage. , - Cn the 2nd of September, 1945, the ship's ,radio received the official sur- render ceremonies from Tokio. By then the- crew was thoroughly convinced that the struggle was done and considerable supervision was subsequently required to keep, the gun, and lookout watches ,alert-. Gnly the old hands who had -fought for years were not convinced that it all could end SO SCISIIY- Q on the 2nd of September, the Dutchess fired at plane-towed aerial targets ffqrlthe last time, such expenditures would soon be considered wartime luxuries. The Lady dropped anchor the 3rd of September for the third time in the harbor of Eniwetok Atoll Marshall lslands the Dutchessmen were beginning to feel like trans Pacific commuters Pausing only long enough to obtain routing rand receive aboard the new Chaplain the Lady set sail for Ulithi in convoy th the U S S Olmstead CAPA 1881COTCl U S S President Hayes f-APA 201 qw S Haskell CAPA 1171 USS Lowndes CAPA 1541 USS Mountrail UWA HUSS PC 810 A, efkppendix 3 for breakdown up iii in 1 U. ', . t ' ' - ' ' ff' irii .. 1 1 1 A .1 1 1 - - - mf NA , : , 1 - - - - ,V I ' ' I I . Berrien CAPA 521, and the anti-submarine escorts U.S.S. PC 1239 . n r 1 1 1 1 1 f on t e Embarcadero on Augusta

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were nearly half a hundred sunken ships sitting on the shallow with their superstructures silhouetted above water paying mute tribute effective savagery of the American Air Force counterattack in the cpfe- year. A i Thetroops were forced to view their new home from 5 miles Qui in the ntil traHSP0I'TCfTi011 ashore was ready to receive them. Completing 24 on board the l'98 , by debarkation time September 14th, the casuals become adjusted to the somewhat tedious conditions of seagoing life departed apparently satisfied with their cruisem. While the troops were traversing the 5-mile run to the beach via the boats the long arm of fate struck. During a heavy downpour a bolt fof lightning skewered a loaded 98 LCVP and struck down two Dutchess Boatmen, H. S. Karas and N. A. Amon, both Slc13, sparinrg the other 2 Sailors and 30 soldiers in the boat. Karas died soon after and Amon died ashore the next evening in an Army Hospital. These men were buried with military honors in the Armed Forces Memorial Cemetery No. 2 CNorth of Manilal along- side the men who had fallen in the fighting while doing their bit. The tragedy of the fate that brought these men through Okinawa and the many months of traversing submarine-infested waters and then took them in the hour of victory, was apparent to all hands. T Life went on as usual. The Dutchessmen found liberty in the war wrecked, blasted, bustling city of Manila la fascinating experience. They braved the dirt, dust, and disease in climbing through the rubble of the buildings to dis- cover a full sized family eking out existence under a couple of pieces of tin. Everywhere there were marks of the fighting, and everywhere were evidences of the military unnecessary but deliberate demolition and burning of buildings by the Iaps. On all side the Americans were besiegedwith pitiful stories of lap cruelties. And on all sides the extravagant American insisted on paying black rnarket prices and cheerfully bedamned the liberated natives for taking his money. The buildings of the University of the Philippines were but battle-marked, flame-seared, gutted shells. On the campus a burned American tank stood Where it had been hit with its gun barrel pointed mutely at the sky. This hulk, in which American blood had been shed, might well have been labeled The Price of Freedom and left for successive generations of students to con- template. , The occupdtion of Iapan was progressing slowly, there was yet only a handful of Americans on the Iapanese home islands. Despite the usual desires see the States as soon as possible, practically everybody aboard WGS to learn that the Lady would not continue her sometimes -monotonous Ll of the Pacific but would have a . .hand in the occul9Cf'f10P of the rneland. The storerooms were jammed to the overhead with food. possible supplies were taken aboard, the ship was fueled, and the 9 men he Second Demobilization Increment C6 reservists who had become eligible Separation plus three regular Navy CPOs entitled to re-enlistment leavel D . ut ashore The Dutchess was ready for the occupation. W . 4 'lb-Guerilla. 6 in vAppend1x 4. Q S., Swlc, 947 074 04, SV6, USNR, Chicago, Ill. A i,,y Slc 921 15.15 SV6 USNR Philadelphia, Pa. X gf. l35l y A