[Diary Entry: "Guadalcanal" and Other Entries, April 16, 1945]
Description:
Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience onboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses his feelings of visiting historic sites, Guadalcanal and Savo Island, the beautiful view in the Iron Bottom Bay Officers' Club restroom, having marines onboard, sailing through a typhoon, and what servicemen do before big battles.
Date:
April 16, 1945
Creator:
Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Location:
-9.228638 159.955034
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation