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Woke this morning to find us in the middle 83
of a raging typhoon, water in the rooms, one Carrier strikes on Kyushu, not a bogie all day.
of our planes overturned + the other badly buffeted. Official confirmation that we will arrive in Leyte
One cruiser lost its bow. Old “Bud” doesn’t About the 13th for 10 days. Can they spare it!
have much luck with weather. Their [?] Started reading “Unfinished Business” a diary of
speed the end of our operation; The big carriers bows The Versailles Conference by Bonsal. Fuel tomorrow.
are folded like an accordion. We threw one plane over Wrote to June + Mom. Played Chaplain to J.D.
the side He really is feeling bad.
tonite + the other is unflyable. Right now it’s like the
bright calm after a N.E. snowstorm. June 9
[There is a photo of the Indiana in the 65
typhoon on this day on the internet.] 82
At sea a month today.
June 6 Mail call. Best yet 6 V-mails from June,
68 my wonderful one, 2 from Mom + one from
85 Batey, a good haul. Tomorrow we bombard
Back to normal today, our remaining plane is Minami Daito,[A tiny island southeast of
unflyable. The carriers were able to launch, Okinawa.] the carrier planes will
the Hornet launched off the stern. Slept all morning, spot since we don’t have any. Tough
got topside for a good workout this P.M. Fueled from luck. Slept all morning after standing
tanker, no mail part of the mid with Arbuckle last nite.
June 7 June 10
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Not much new. The Bon Homme Richard, We bombarded Monami Shima
Today, watched it from sky control
Topeka + Oklahoma City joined us. [Bon Homme
Richard (CV-31) is an Essex-class aircraft Pretty good shoot, though we couldn’t see much.
carrier, the Topeka (CL-67) and the Followed by air strikes, beautiful to watch their dive
Oklahoma City (CL-91) are Cleveland-class bombers pull off. On our way South + its getting
light crusiers.] My roommate hotter with each mile. Played poker for the first time
tells me we are going into port right soon in mos + dropped $9. We moved out of our office
Planes will hit Kyushu tomorrow.
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