Foote (DD 511) - Naval Cruise Book

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One nighl in Augusl we heard lhe word lhal lhe Japanese were crying uncle. The whole island ol Okinawa seemed lo erupl sponlaneously wilh lracers culling lhe sky in all direclions and llares lalling like burning leaves lrom a lree.rl suppose we were all a lillle dizzy wilh happiness lhal nighl. The island commander even had lo call a phony air alerl in an ellorl lo slop lhe liring, loul lhe looys on lhe loeach didn'l give a damn, lhey kepl righl al il. During lhis period lhe FOOTE made lesls lo see il lhelanchor could loe successlully used as a yo-yo. Thal is lo say, we were doing palrol duly day aller day and each lime we came in lo luel we would drop lhe hook and reporl lor duly lo lhe lask unil Commander hoping lhal we would slay al anchor al leasl long enough lo gel mail. Bul no, each lime lhe anchor would iusl gel good and sellled on lhe bollom and lhen we were oll again. So, on lhe l6lh ol Augusl I945, lheklapanese surrendered and lhe war lor us came lo an end. We hadn'l done much, really, loul our paramounl achievemenl was slaying alloal. ln lhe kind ol war lhal lhis one lurned oul lo be, lhal's good enough in anyone's book. Bul don'l go away yel, we're nol linished, and lhe besl parl commences now. We swung around lhe hook in Buckner Bay lor a lew weeksnol knowing exaclly whal was going lo become ol us, bul lending a willing ear lo scullleloull lales aboul lhe lleel going lo lhe easl coasl lor a grand homecoming on Navy Day and lhe whole squadron ol LITTLE BEAVERSH going along. The lOlh ol Seplember when we gol underway wilh homeward-bound pennanls llying, headed lor Honolulu and ulli- malely home. Now iusl alooul lhe whole oullil is busled up inlo small individ-ual lives. This ship has had a good bunch ol boys on il and when lhe chips were down we worked logelher like clockwork. No more can be said ol any ship and crew. 11 39.3 L' 2 7 UNH Ili, lllllll-llll lllllllllllllllllllllllW' l',,14E 5111, 1' E 5 4' ' 2 : 5 x E Ks. 50,1 :XE ' 'T? 2l. 5 : ,?- I : E 8 'Z' 5 1 -' I S ' .s '. I 1. X 4' I X , .' 5- 4 1 -,vv N X . 5 'O I R X ,f x -'. 1' 'far' 20

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER HOWARD L. McCU LLOCH 3278 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California Pre-War - Sludeni Pos?-War - - DR. HERBERT V. ALLEN JR. 3653 Erie Avenue Cincinnaii, Ohio Pre-War - Medical Sludenl Pos'r-War - Pradrice of Medicine 1 SIDNEY M. ARNOLD 23I8 Soulh Claylon SI'ree'I Denver, Colorado Pre-War - Accounfing in Public UI'iIi'ry Posl'-War - Cerfified Public Accounfing ff 22 ! 'i -we ,ndibfl D. P. POLATTY, JR. IO6-33 Dirmars Boulevard Long Island, Ne-.'.fYorI1 Pre-War - Navy Pos?-War - Navy SYLVAN HUGH MEYER I635 Wes? Wesley Road A'IIanI'a, Georgia Pre-War - Sfudenf Pos'I-War - Journalisi WILLIAM G. DUGHI I63O Jones Sireei San Francisco, California Pre-War - Marine Engineering Pos?-War - Eorgeifing The war EDWARD H. KRUSE Box 3245. Roufe 2 Redwood Cify, California Pre-War - College Bum Posf-War - Plumbing 3: Healing Coniracior