I estimate that the total mileage of the trips was 30,000 miles. I spent five months traveling, four months of the five were on troopships. We crossed the equator and became Shellbacks, I crossed the Pacific four times. It sure is a big ocean. I was six weeks on one of those trips. I was on a 5 mph LST.
The table below lists the trips with some data. The table is followed by a rough sketch of the trip routes. This table will be a help as I write the story of the army part of my life.
Trip
|
Origin
|
Destination
|
Trans. Type
|
Miles
|
Purpose
|
Remarks
|
|
1
|
Pomona
|
Arlington
|
Bus
|
30
|
Drafted. Get nice haircut
|
Reception center. Inducted 17 Apr 43 (17 years old)
|
|
2
|
Arlington
|
Lompoc
|
Train
|
200
|
Basic training
|
Camp Cooke
|
|
3
|
Lompoc
|
San Bernardino
|
Train
|
200
|
Desert training
|
Aborted in 30 days
|
|
4
|
San Bernardino
|
San Luis Obispo
|
Truck (overnight at Santa Barbara)(Battle of SB)
|
300
|
Amphibious training
|
At Moro Bay
|
|
5
|
San Luis Obispo
|
San Diego (Round trip)
|
Troopship
|
700
|
Practice landings
|
Land at Aliso Canyon, San Clemente, Coronado
|
|
6
|
San Luis Obispo
|
Marysville
|
Truck (overnight at Merced)
|
350
|
Prepare for overseas (dip gear in cosmoline)
|
Camp Beale
|
|
7
|
Marysville
|
Seattle
|
Train (very scenic ride)
|
700
|
Catch ship
|
Fort Lawton
|
|
8
|
Seattle
|
Honolulu
|
Matson Liner SS Maui
|
2700
|
Took rugged jungle training
|
Camp in a pineapple field on hill above Pearl Harbor
|
|
9
|
Honolulu
|
Palau Islands
|
Troopship
(made last dress rehearsal. land on Guadalcanal)
|
5800
|
Combat landing in Palau Islands
|
Wounded on Bloody Nose Ridge, Peleliu, 27 Sep 44
|
|
10
|
Palau Islands
|
Guadalcanal
|
Hospital ship
|
2200
|
Heal gun shot wounds
|
Hospital
|
|
11
|
Guadalcanal
|
Honolulu
|
Troopship
|
3600
|
Trip to rejoin my outfit
|
They were not in Hawaii
|
|
12
|
Oahu
|
Leyte
|
LST
|
5300
|
Or here either
|
Darn, I miss them
|
|
13
|
Leyte
|
Okinawa
|
Troopship
|
1100
|
Combat landing
|
Easter Sunday 45
|
|
14
|
Okinawa
|
Seoul
|
LST
|
800
|
Occupy Korea
|
||
15
|
Seoul
|
Tacoma
|
Troopship
|
5200
|
Heading home
|
Fort Lewis
|
|
16
|
Tacoma
|
San Pedro
|
Troopship (stop over night in Portland and San
Francisco)
|
1500
|
Get discharged, 8 Jan 46
|
Fort MacArthur
|
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