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Welcome Home sign, ; entered San Diego Harbor. many interesting and trying moments during the strenuous campaigns of Leyte, Luzon, Iwo, Okinawa and the East China Sea. We have learned from the Officers and men of your gallant ship that, when the need arises, there is no limit to the endurance, the will-to-do, the fighting spirit and the courage of our sailor men. I speak not only for my staff but for all the Escort Carriers when I say the LUNGA POINT is an outstanding ship and we are happy to have had the privilege of serving with it. All of you have every reason to take pride in the achievements of your ship and for your part, which was much more than most of you realize, in our overwhelming victory. I am proud to have been one of you and will miss the good old LUNGA — We all felt safer when she was by our side. Goodbye and good luck to you all. No other ship more deserves a Well Done. (S) C. T. Durgin Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy Commander Escort Carrier Force Finally, vc managed to get our passenger capacity aboard and we set sail for Pearl Harbor on 28 October at 0749, flying a Home- ward Bound pennant 604 feet long and with 38 stars: a foot for e er ' enlisted man and a star for e ery officer on board who has been away from the States a year or more. To say that we were happy to sec that pennant streaming out o ' cr our fantail assisted by the buoyancy of sexeral acrological balloons is not only putting it mildly b« i| absolutely superfluous. What would otherwise ha e been such a plea.sant cruise, however, was fraught with many things to make it almost unpleasant. We had rough weather all the way to Pearl Harbor; the longest stretch of rough weather c ha c had in our history .It was so rough that not too much sleep was gotten en route; it was almost impossible to stay in one ' s bunk at night. Add to that the matter of low ra- tions, most of them dehydrated, and then add a serious water shortage that made it necessary for us to institute water hours and the .sum total wasn ' t too pleasant. If it had not been 238
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