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September 20 1944

20 September 1944USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86) In Port at Manus Back again at Manus and I wish I were somewhere else. Don’t particularly care much for this island. Somehow it sets me on edge. I don’t feel set. I want to move. It gets quite hot in the day, unbearable, and of course, we…

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September 18, 1944

18 September 1944USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86) Off Palau The boys are beginning to call this ship the Sitkoh Maru as she seems to be operating better for the Japanese. This AM the Air Officer got all us pilots on deck and showed us graphs they made on the test catapult shots all last night.…

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September 17, 1944

Kelley watches Hellcat and Avenger launches, while he anticipates his turn to go to the Wasp. 17 September 1944USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86) Off Palau Woke up this morning with quite a big head from last night’s party. When we left Pearl the five of us took our liquor ration with us. We loaded it…

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September 13, 1944

A visit ashore. 13 September 1944USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86) In Port at Manus I went ashore today but I wasn’t impressed much by Manus. The mud was ankle deep and made walking quite sloppy. The boys and myself got a kick out of wondering which side of the road to walk on. Since this…

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September 10, 1944

After 11 days at sea, the Sitkoh Bay arrives in Manus. 10 September 1944USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86) In Port at Manus Manus, is quite a strange looking island. We came in this morning and the weather was quite bad. It’s been raining all day and although we’re south of the Equator it seems cold…

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September 5, 1944

Kelley reflects on ship life and the sea. USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86) at Sea It’s bad enough aboard a ship when you have something to do but aboard this ship time hangs heavy. Besides our watches there’s nothing to do. The weather’s been good except for our usual rain squalls. They look rather queer…

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