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Official U..S'. Na-Uy Phofogrcijah The first plane missed a DE by scant feet and crashed in the water with an explosion that sent flames and smoke towering skyward. Seconds later, the otherplane crashed, with a sickening rending of metal and explosion, into the starboard superstructure of the O'Brien CDD 7251. Instantly a sheet of fire shot down her side and enveloped the boat deck. A flaming pile of debris crashed onto her main deck and slid off into the water. I-Ier entire forward 40 milli- meter gun mount and part of the radio shack had been carried away. It seemedto take ages to cover the mile of water between us and the O'Brien, although it was actually little more than two minutes. The Captain deftly maneuvered the Shannon close aboard. Repair parties had hoses broken out and playing on the holocaust, even before the Captain shouted over to the O'Brien's skipper to inquire as to his welfare, the ship's damage, and the manner in which we might best assist. The reply as full of concern for his men. His ship was under control, except for the fire which was being rapidly extin- guished, and the casualties, although heavy, could have been much worse. Wlien the fire was out, we guided the stricken ship through swept waters into the haven of Kerama Retto where we aided in quickly transferring casualties to a waiting APA. C This was the Shannon's first close-up of horrible death and destruction. The sight of charred, mangled bodies strewn on the decks, of the decapitated body of a man .blown to a wedged position high on the yard arm was sickening to all, but the scene served to draw our crew into an even tighter, harder fighting team with a single, common objective. When weehad done all that was possible for the O'Brien, we rejoined our sweep group, which was working in an area northwest of Kerama Retto. That night we were assigned a station for the first of many nights of screening duty off Okinawa. The patrol was north- west of Kerama Retto, particularly to screen the Pitt CAPA 2231, which was anchored in Northwest Anchorage. At 1730 the following day, when the sweeps had formed for night retirement, we proceeded to the southwest, and none too soon, for the Jap air raid came right on schedule at sun- set. Our group, however, must not have been noticed for none of the enemy planes came within range. Early morning brought the Nip planes back. This time we were not so fortunate and underwent attacks for several minutes. All planes were met with withering fire and turned away. The day's sweeping was conducted in areas off the south- east coast of Okinawa near Nakagasuku Wan. At night, instead of retiring with the sweeps as usual, we were ordered by Commander Amphibious Support Force to patrol a station on the coast of Okinawa. Enroute to our station we sighted a small boat which we sank with 20 milh meter tire Throughout the night while patrolling, we conducted harass mg fire into designated areas along the coast Shades f Iwo' Buildings, artillery emplacements bivouac areas bai racks, vehicle parking areas, and supply dumps were chosen from a special grid coordinate chart and fired upon destroy no bridges Since all firing was done at night and we left before dawn, the results could not be observed ,Xt 071--l ltfarrli 30, we rt-lnclvzvotised with our gwgep I ionp ind toiiiiiitmul th ning 'arms southvtes rs - ' ' ' ' - rf Q ' ijgtwgt, wol'liiltg XYilllill it Illilt' tif lllg lpgach. Orfjyofaggl' niint-s were swept and the day's work was rather dull Ng: , did that night provt' evciitfnl, ' At 04127 the next day, as wt- entered our assigned area of t-rations, an t-xritvtl voice frmn the sound hut an- nonnred, 'lSound contact bearing 035, range one-nine- ilih,--oli. Sounds goml, probable sub! lhc anti il tl tint stirred tht: ship into activity, Dgpth thiifes were rcadied, K-guns uncovered, dye markers int. lxiolqmits scanned the surface for any Signs of .t ptriseopt-, tinnnt-rs stood ,by hoping a sub would ce and give tht-ir waiting guns a target, XX'hen the Captain had gotten the picture, analyzing the eitugttioii from what information was available, he an- nonncetl, NVQ-'rt' going in for an attackf' ' 'cc I' 2 swered her helm and the engines brouglit her up to speed, ranges began to decrease 1 tpidly and the target moved slowly to the right. Range: e tive double oh . . . Mark: one two double oh , ,, one oh double oh Xlarkz seven double oh four five oh.. . three double oh. ln reply to the Captain's, 'lliire on schedule, the Sonar Officer ordered: Stand by depth charges, and a short time later, Fire one. As the other charges were dropped in order, the ship trembled from the terrific jolt of each successive explosion. Contact was soon regained and we came about to reattack. Two more patterns were dropped, without observed results, before contact was hnally lost. During the ensuing search three planes from a hunter-killer group were sent to aid us. lust as we were ordered to rejoin our group, one of the planes reported sighting a school of whales several miles seaward. Since no other object was sighted, our contact was evaluated as probably whales! Vifhether or not it was actually a sub we attacked, we will never know. ' Wfe proceeded to rendezvous for night retirement but upon joining the sweeps our orders were changed by Commander X'Vestern Islands Attack Group. VVe were ordered to a station east of Tokashiki lima, Kerama Retto, and commenced patroll- ing with the Henry A. 1Viley CDM 295 in column 1000 yards astern. This was particularly a bad spot to patrol because the proximity of the islands made search diilicult. At 0155 the persistent and penetrating sound of the general alarm brought everyone to his battle station. The condition is now Flash Red, Control Green, barked the speaker. For thirty-hve minutes no planes approached, although Corn- bat reported several raids in the area. Suddenly, the waiting silence was violated .by two short bursts from one of our .30 calibre machine guns. A flash of movement had been caught by the alert eyes of Dye, MN Zfc. Wfithout hesitating or wait- ing for orders, for there was no time to waste, he had opened up. The tracers in these bursts were just enough to reveal the target to the VViley. She immediately commenced firing and splashed the Betty, which had come in low over the islands, hoping to escape detection. The sweepers, during these seven days of the pre-assault phase, had cleared the entire coastal perimeter of southern Okinawa of mines, in addition to doing the sweeping necessary for the capture of Kerama Retto and Ie Shima. Including the re-sweeping, over 3000 square miles were swept and declared Safe Drior to L-day. Some 177 mines were swept and ab0l1f 80 floaters destroyed. Said Fleet Admiral King of this sweeping operation: The thoroughness of this task is evidenced by the safety with which bombardment and assault ships in great numbers closed the assault beaches without significant loss from mines. I 'V ' . , ' ' I 1,1 A! ? ,rt tt , I ff .. x, . MX47 if A nf' t,' Z it it if f - , it y f f t ' jill' itil-+. ,fl . , rx' lv N img-' ll ,ji iff A 1 I. ' XX 1 N iq, 'ali f' l .-X 1 jx ix t l I 3 1 ff!! V! f x I PQ f ,f 1 A dx J :N K U ff! A 1 Mg, A 1 ' I 1 JW f 1 1 1v'AX, -Q X 'W' 1 NN' Qvtww 3 1.. N ws. -'Eh 1 -1' A . , . . W- hx i l , ,N it -A K ' ' ' - ' .. o 'ti X li- -5-. f'-V . f 1' . u A. ' ., , - 4 v.,:V-I 1, Y V, ,ihfw , Lf. 'g . ' ' f. 4 f fi Iii, 3' 1 twlnla I. l We had todae particularly careful for we had orders to . tw. I k, XX .tw , NT, X . . . 'H 'R hd- . i- -if i ' I fl r , X r i I ,I t . 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,f OKINAWA In addition to the capture of the Kerama Retto group, establishing therein a logistics supply and naval repair base and a seaplane base, the small island of Keise Shima, about 20,000 yards from the landing beaches and 11,000 yards from Naha city was seized, landing Army artillery there to command the lower end of Okinawa. The island of Okinawa, which is about 65 miles long, is roughly divided into almost equal northern and southern parts. The northern area is generally rugged, mountainous, wooded, and undeveloped.-The southern area, which is gen- erally rolling but frequently broken by deep scarps and ravines, is the developed part of the island, containing the greater number of towns, roads, and cultivated areas, the capital city of Naha, all tive of the island's airfields, and the strongest defenses. ' In the early morning hours of Love Day CApril lj, the main attack force moved within striking distance and stood by waiting for H-Hour, Admiral R. K. Turner, USN, Commander Task Force Sl, assumed command of all forces in the area, and directed the operations. The preferred plan called for our ground forces to land on six miles of beach on the southwestern shore, a location best protected from the wind and weather, and closely bordering the island's Yontan and Kadena Airfielcls. Four divisions were to be landed abreast on these beaches. XN7ith the two center divisions advancing directly across the island to the east coast, and with the left and right Hank divisions pivoting toward the north and south respectively, the Japanese forces in the south- ern part of the island would be isolated and were then to be overcome by attack from the north. Coincident with the main troop attack, there was planned for the southeast coast a demonstration landing, and an actual landing if necessary. The first wave of assault troops, embarked in amphibious vehicles of all sorts, hit the beach just south of point Bolo in the Hagushi area, precisely at the 0830 H-hour, and stormed rapidly inland. The Marine Corps and the Army landed side by side-the 6th and lst Marine Divisions north of Hagushi town, and the 7th and 96th Divisions of the XXIV Corps, Official US. Navy Phofograplt Our troops met surprisingly little resistance on the landing beaches, capturing Yontan and Katena Airfields in the first two and one-half hours. Prior to dark, with 50,000 troops ashore, they had established an eight and one-half mile long beachhead and had driven two and one-half miles inland. As the attack progressed from day to day, it became evident that the Japanese, having made no attempt to stop us at the beaches where we had landed, had withdrawn most of their forces into the southernmost part of the island, and had estab- lished their defenses in depth on terrain admirably suited for defense and delaying action tactics. The enemy defense COU' sisted of blockhouses, pillboxes, and caves, protected by barbed wire and minefields. Here the enemy used his artillery 1111- stingily, and his defensive tactics were described as artful and fantastic. At Kerama Retto the Shannon was assigned to 9. Hlgllf retirement group as part of a six-ship screen for the APALS and APD's of TransRon 17. The retirement course waS lald out to the southwest, following almost exactly the route Howl' by Jap planes from Sakishima and Formosa. We soon discovered this, for each night that we were in thlS SYOUD Our Sleep was continually and unpleasantly interrupted by the presence of bogies. Many, but not all, passed us for the blggfif game at Okinawa. The morning of April 2 we were at CHQ- for seven hours with only a slight break. Several plHI1e5 were taken under fire, two of which were identified by emergency means as friendly. The retirement unit WHS 415' Solved Upon return to the area, and we took a screening staflfm south of the island while waiting our turn to load ammunition in the afternoon. 4 Kgihat evening as theiretirement group rendezvoused south' gf F'-yldlnft Fetto, a warning of approaching planes was receivek- AW? as Ofe the Hmup could form up, we were'und-er attach- . P AUC from the first raid to approach started its dive-b0m,' mgqfllllkxirllef Sky became a plaid pattern of tracers and 525 ion E .lout half WHY down the plane was lnt. It swervl ITNCCISIOH and then picked out '1 target to suicide-tie Tenth Army, to the south. i I 1 luckless Henrico CAPA-155 only 3000 vardsito our starboard. The Shannon's assignment in this Easter Sunday parade was A second, then a thitd Nancy foncmjed an the tail of the in an anti-submarine patrol, screening the demonstration land- hi-st. Number two was turned bv our hre only to crash the ings, The demonstration force did not land, butimade a feint Dickerson CAPD 315 while the tim-d - I 'def from the be' to draw enemy troops away from the actual landing. All boats ginning, crashed the' Goodhue QA1-,A'1557iuici . returned to their ships soon after H-l-lour, their mission hav- ln the short qwwc of Evo mimlt Q 1 , - tl .G fifteen minlflle ing been accomplished. The transports withdrew shortly he- mir attacli three ,,.OO,!hdCn Qhiwol fairflm 111' blazing Dy,-qs, fore noon and the Shannon was ordered to Kerama Retro for Five ,l?1l3,Dl?1llCS had IbeienAdestrbyeddluitebiilve two were new assignment. down without completing their infamous missions. is 46 tti.'i i . if