Nice weather. Franklin was seriously hit this morning. Suicide planes tried to get in on us about noon, two were shot down, the others retired. Pittsburgh has Franklin in tow. She is really a wreck. The Halsey Powell was hit at 1500 while fueling from Enterprise. We have been detailed to drop back and guard her. Our two ships we were attacked at 1600. Torpedo plane made run on us but was shot down. One suicide plane made a dive on us but pulled out at the last minute. We really though it was the end of our ship. After the task group left us the Enterprise was hit by a suicide plane. We are now 150 miles off Tokyo and about 100 miles from our group.
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.
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