OTHER HISTORIES - PAGE FOUR
WHERE WE BIVUOACKED IN AN ABANDONED AIRCRAFT FAC-
TORY. THE FIRST COOL WEATHER (COLD FOR US) THAT
WE EXPERIENCED IN ALMOST 5 YEARS.
NOV 45 TOOK SOME TIME TO FIX THE AIRCRAFT FACTORY. ENDED
UP TAKING COLD SHOWERS JUST TO BE CLEAN. BRRRR.
SMOKE FROM THE WOOD BURNING OLD DRUM STOVES BECAME
A PROBLEM. BUT AT LONG LAST WE WERE FREE OF
THE CONSTANT PRESENCE OF FLYING INSECTS.
FREE TIME COULD BE SPENT IN FUKUOKA AND ITS LARGE
DOWNTOWN AREA. OUR PLANES HAD DESTROYED MOST OF
THE FACTORY BUILDINGS ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER.
BUT THE JAPANESE HAD ALREADY CLEANED UP THE AREA.
DEC 45 THE POINT SYSTEM WAS BEGINNING TO DECIMATE OUTFITS
AS MORE AND MORE TROOPS WERE SENT HOME.
NAGOYA WAS THE MAIN PORT OF EMBARKATION. THIS
MEANT A TRIP BY TUNNEL FROM THE ISLAND OF KYUSHU
TO THE ISLAND OF HONSHU AND PAST THE REMAINS OF
HIROSHIMA.
SOME LEFT IN TIME TO BE IN THE STATES BY CHRISTMAS
WHILE OTHERS DID NOT LEAVE JAPAN UNTIL EARLY IN
1946. WE HAVE NO REPORTS OF WHEN OR HOW THE
1393RD WAS DEACTIVATED.
THE 353RD BATTALION
11 MAY 44 LEFT NEW CALEDONIA ON SHIP (LAOS).
17 MAY 44 ARRIVED BANIKA., RUSSELL ISLANDS, APO 292.
1 OCT 44 LEFT BANIKA ON LCI 549. ANCHOR CHAIN BECAME EN-
TANGLED WITH PROP AND HAD TO JUMP TO LCI 222 IN
ROUGH WATERS.
ARRIVED IN GUADALCANAL.
26 NOV 44 LEFT GUADALCANAL ON SHIP (SABIC)
1 DEC 44 ARRIVED ESPIRITU SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES, APO 708.
7 JUN 45 LEFT ESPIRITU SANTO ON SLOW BOAT, CAPE CLAIRE.
STOPPED IN HARBOR AT HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA.
12 JUN 45 LEFT NEW GUINEA.
14 JUN 45 STOPPED IN CEBU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
20 JUN 45 LEFT CEBU, P.1.
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