My dad's Log

Thanks to my brother, Steve, and Katie who got it to me.
USS Dupage
9/1/1943 Ship went into commission, New York. (Boarded ship 8th of
September)
9/11/1943 Left New York for Norfolk, VA
10/1/1943 Left Norfolk for West Coast
10/22/1943 Arrived San Diego, CA
1/13/1944 Left San Diego for overseas duty
1/21/1944 Arrived at Pearl Harbor
1/22/1944 Left Pearl Harbor for invasion of Marshall Islands
1/31/1944 *D-Day - Hit Roi and Namur in the Marshall Islands
2/5/1944 Left Marshalls
2/10/1944 Arrived at Funi Futi in the Ellice Islands
2/13/1944 Left Ellice Islands for Guadalcanal
2/18/1944 Arrived at Guadalcanal
3/18/1944 Left Guadalcanal
3/21/1944 Arrived at New Caledonia
4/4/1944 Left New Calidonia
4/7/1944 Arrived at Guadalcanal
4/8/1944 Left Guadalcanal
4/11/1944 *Operation of Emirau Islands
4/14/1944 Arrived at Guadalcanal
4/26/1944 Left Guadalcanal
4/28/1944 *Arrived at Cape Clouster, New Britain
5/1/1944 Left New Britain
5/3/1944 Arrived at Russell Islands
5/4/1944 Left Russell's and arrived at Guadalcanal same day
6/4/1944 Left Guadalcanal
6/8/1944 Arrived at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
6/12/1944 Left Kwajalein Islands
6/15/1944 *Invasion of Saipan, lying off beach as floating reserves
6/19/1944 First Jap plane to show up was shot down
6/20/1944 Second Jap plane to show up and was shot down
6/21/1944 Third Jap plane to show up, within range, was shot down
6/25/1944 Orders to return to base
6/28/1944 Arrived at Eniwetok Island
7/17/1944 Left Eniwetok Island
7/21/1944 *D-Day Invasion of Guam
7/26/1944 Left Guam
7/30/1944 Arrived at Eniwetok Island
7/31/1944 Left Eniwetok Island
8/5/1944 Arrived at Espirito Sando, New Hebredes ***********This is Luganville, where we were at anchor at the Beachfront Resort*************
8/14/1944 Left Espiritu Santo An expat described the US Navy operation right there on the beach where we were eating lunch.
8/16/1944 Arrived at Guadalcanal
8/20/1944 Left Guadalcanal, arrived at Russell's the same day
9/8/1944 Left Russell's to invade Peleliu, Palau Islands
9/15/1944 *D-Day Peleliu
9/27/1944 Left Peleliu
9/30/1944 Arrived Hollandia, New Guinea
10/13/1944 Left New Guinea for invasion of Leyte, Phillipine Islands
10/20/1944 *D-Day Leyte, left the same day
10/25/1944 Arrived at Hollandia
11/9/1944 Left Hollandia for Leyte with reinforcements
11/14/1944 Arrived at Leyte, left the same day
11/20/1944 Arrived at Manus Islands
11/30/1944 Left Manus for Aitape in New Guinea
12/1/1944 arrived at Aitape, New Guinea
12/28/1944 Left Aitape ofr Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Phillipine Islands
1/9/1945 *D-Day, Lingayen Gulf
1/10/1945 *Left Lingayen, hit by Jap suicide bomber
1/13/1945 Arrived at Leyte
1/26/1945 Left Leyte to invade San Antonio Bay at Luzon, Phillipine Islands
1/29/1945 *D-Day, invaded San Antonio Bay
1/29/1945 Left Sand Antonio Bay for Leyte
2/1/1945 Arrived at Leyte
2/11/1945 Left Leyte for Manus Islands, Admiralties Group
2/18/1945 Arrived at Manus Islands
2/19/1945 Left Manus for Pearl Harbor
3/2/1945 Arrived at Pearl Harbor
3/3/1945 Left Pearl Harbor for States
3/9/1945 Arrived San Francisco, U.S.A.
5/14/1945 Left San Francisco
5/16/1945 Arrived Seattle, Washington
5/20/1945 Left Seattle
5/27/1945 Arrived Pearl Harbor
5/29/1945 Left Pearl Harbor
6/6/1945 Arrived at Eniwetok Island
6/18/1945 Left Eniwetok Island
6/22/1945 Arrived Ulithi, West Carolines
7/1/1945 Left Ulthi
7/5/1945 Arrived Okinawa, Ryukyos
7/8/1945 Left Okinawa
7/12/1945 Arrived Saipan
7/13/1945 Left Saipan
7/14/1945 Arrived Guam
7/15/1945 Left Guam
7/18/1945 Arrived Eniwetok, left same day for States
7/28/1945 Arrived San Francisco, U.S.A.
8/12/1945 Left San Francisco
8/24/1945 Arrived Eniwetok Islands
8/25/1945 Left Eniwetok Island
8/29/1945 Arrived Ulithi, West Carolines
9/2/1945 Left Ulthi
9/5/1945 Arrived at Leyte
9/8/1945 Left Leyte
9/10/1945 Arrived at Subic Bay, Luzon, Phillipine Islands
9/11/1945 Left Subic Bay
9/12/1945 Arrived at Linguyan Gulf, (San Fernando)
10/1/1945 Left Linguyan Gulf for Japan
10/6/1945 Arrived with occupation forces at Wakayama, Japan
10/26/1945 Left Wakayama
10/27/1945 Arrived Nagoya, Japan
10/29/1945 Left Nagoya, Japan for Home

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