Ernest L. Secrest

Name: My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7
Author: Ernest L. Secrest

My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

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“My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7”, published in 1980, is a work by Ernest L. Secrest. It explores elements such as barge, load and beach.

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Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

“ On one occasion at the height of the push we were unloading 500 pound bombs onto Ducks (a 2 1/2 ton amphibious truck nicknamed "DUCK") , which would take their loads to the beach and right on to the fighter strip. The planes (Douglas dive bombers) would load up and head for the enemy line. The enemy was so close we could see the planes from the ship dive to drop their bombs. The planes would come out over the harbor from the air strip and one plane accidently dropped her bombs not far from the ship we were working on. The pilot immediately turned around and went back for another load. ”

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Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

“ He must take orders from a signalman by the rail where he can see both the load and the barge. Thus, it is obvious that the margin of error and danger is great, with the ship rolling and the duck or barge moving.
The above method of unloading cargo is limited to the weight per load, depending on the size of the ship and its structure, and is used mostly on loose cargo that requires a net. On heavier loads such as trucks, guns and tanks it is necessary to use the "Jumbo Boom" which is more complicated and slower. ”

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Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

“ Prisoners were a very valuable source to learn information from about their strategy, but it was extremely difficult to capture them, as the majority would fight until death or commit harikari before being taken prisoner. There was a bounty at one time of a hundred dollars on each one brought in alive. The Fijian soldiers were great Scouts, as they had a way of sneaking up and taking them alive. ”

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Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

“ With the use of these Ducks we were able to save time since we did not have to transfer the cargo onto a truck at the beach. Still it was difficult to load these ducks by the ship, as the water there was never very calm. They were about the size of a heavy truck and almost impossible to set the load down in the cargo area, as they were continually bobbing up and down and sideways like a cork. On one occasion we had a load come down on one side of the duck as it was coming up caused the vehicle to turn over and sink. ”

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Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

“ One of the booms is rigged to hold the cable approximately over the center of the ship's Hatch and the other one is set to hang out over the side over the barge. The winch operator who sits in the center of the ship by the controls right near the ship's hatch, cannot see the load once he lets it over the outside of the ship, where the average deck is 30 or 40 feet above the water. ”

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Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

“ While standing there talking and surveying out into enemy territory, we turned around and to our surprise we were looking directly into the muzzle of a 105 gun, camouflaged in the edge of the bushes.
The 90MM ammunition is a high power shell and is used principally against enemy aircrafts. The 105MM is a standard shell and is used in surface combact. ”

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Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

“ We set this load down on the steel deck of the barge; the men there would disconnect the slings from one side of the cradle and have the winch operator raise the cradle spilling the shells rather than removing them by hand one by one. ”

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Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 7 (1980)

“ It had a load capacity of 125 tons which we could load up to 650 four hundred pound oil drums, or four 32-ton tanks and take this load onto just about any sandy beach area. It was necessary to go in at a speed of about 5 knots to position the barge far enough onto the beach that a truck could go in or out after lowering the ramp. ”

Ernest L. Secrest

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