R. J. Baum, whose signature closes the ship's war diaries for February and March 1945, among the records.
Nice weather. Mr Baum relieved Capt Gentry today. We are to enter Siapan at 1840. We are to take on ammunition. No mail.
Open in the diary →The names around the story
People & ships
Family at home, shipmates, commanders, and 82 vessels, named as Elmer named them. Open any name to see every diary passage in which it appears. Where the Navy’s muster rolls identify a shipmate, a note says so.