Thursday, January 23, 2014

January 23, 1944 - Sailing from San Diego to New Caldonia

Daddy sailed from San Francisco San Diego on the SS President Tyler (no pictures to be found) Jan 23, 1944, arriving at New Caledonia Feb 12, 1944.
There was no notation that they made port in Hawaii, and I don't recall Daddy talking about stopping there. If they did, he must have remained on ship.  He did discuss how the ships, in transporting the Marines, would zig-zag across the ocean when there were no escort ships to help protect them from enemy submarines.  He was not very impressed with this tactic, and was glad he made his voyages safely!


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