World War II Service and Diary of John R. McKnight - Ex Rd M 3c USN
Jack "Weary" McKnight - July 1945
Dates
Diary Entries
Diary Footnotes
July 1 Enroute to Japan.  
July 4 Refueled. Admiral Byrd1 who went to the poles is now aboard.  
July 8 Refueled. Admiral Byrd1 who went to the poles is now aboard. * 420 miles E of Volcano Islands
  (24-57 N 148-58 E)
1. Admiral Richard Byrd - first man to reach
    the North Pole.
July 10 Hit Tokyo all day. No airborne opposition. Intense AA. * 170 miles SSE of Tokyo - (33-39 N 142-23 E)
July 11 Heading NE. (To)Hit Honshu on July 13.  
July 12 Refueled. * 420 miles E of Volcano Islands
  (24-57 N 148-58 E)
July 13 Weather bad. No strikes * 200 miles E of N tip of Honshu
  (39-40 N 146-21 E)
July 14 Launched strikes and sweeps on N. Honshu and Hokkaido. BBs1 and DDs2 went in to bombard. * 110 miles E of N tip of Honshu
  (40-28 N 143-21 E)
1. BB - Battleship
2. DD - Destroyer
July 15 Strikes Honshu and Hokkaido. * 180 miles ESE of N tip of Honshu
  (40-11 N 144-56 E)
July 16 Refueled. * 340 miles ESE of N tip of - Honshu
  (30-03 N 147-21 E)
July 17 Strikes on Tokyo Bay. Hope to get Japs last known BB (Nagato1). Strikes called off on account of bad weather * 160 miles SSE of Tokyo - (36-03 N 143-06 E)
1. IJN Nagato - Japanese Battleship
July 18 Strikes on Tokyo area. Weather bad. Believe Nagato1 sunk. 1. IJN Nagato - Japanese Battleship
July 19 Enroute to fuel. * 300 miles ESE of Tokyo - (30-38 N 146-42 E)
July 20 Refueled, rearmed  
July 23 Enroute to Kyushu. * 600 miles ESE of Tokyo - (30-40 N 150-75 E)
July 24 Hit Kobe, Kure, and other targets on Kyushu. CL Hyuga1 tried to duck. Took 5 direct hits. * 120 miles S of S tip of Shikoku
  (30-57 N 135-13 E)
1. IJN Hyuga was a battleship that finally sunk
    near Kure on July 28,1945
July 25 Hit Kyushu. About 6 bogies1 shot down by CAP2. * 160 miles SE of S tip of Honshu
  (31-34 N 136-28 E)
1. Bogie - Enemy aircraft
2. CAP - Combat Air Patrol
July 26 - 27 Refueled, rearmed, replenished. * 460 miles SE of S tip of Kyushu
  (31-28 N 134-48 E)
July 28, 29, 30 Strikes on Tokyo. (30,000 landing!) * 110 miles S of S tip of Shikoku
  (31-27 N 134-38 E)
July 31 Refueled. * 300 miles S of Tokyo - (28-32 N 137-56 E)

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