Nice weather. The Hunt in our squadron was hit by a suicider today. Damage was not serious. The destroyer Sigsbee was also hit today by suicide. We have been under attack all last night and today. Looks like they will keep us up tonight to. We shot down one plane last night. That is our 6th.
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.
Opening the index…