Navy Life
On April 3, 1944, the Grayson took aboard some dismounted cavalry troops for the invasion of Rambutya Islands in the Admiralties. I remember the ship's cooks made sheet cakes at lunch time for the troops to eat before they disembarked into the landing craft. I came up out of the hatch over the reduction gear and talked to one of the soldiers about them hitting the beach. He was pretty sure there were still some Japs on the island.
He told me he did not like being on a ship. He said he would rather take his chances on the beach. He said, "Heck, you can't even dig a foxhole out here on this ship".
We never did find out what any more about those boys. We left them and went back to anchorage. We even saw a movie that evening!
--Bob Hayden MM3/c 12/43-5/46
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