We are now Shelling the northern part of the Island.
We saw a Jap on a coral reef stationed with a machine gun. So shelled it with 40 m.m. shells.
40mm shells on a quad mounted bofor would be more than sufficient to take out a lone machine gunner.
About this Log
This battle log was written by Dale Ritchie Rogers between the years 1944 and 1945. During World War 2, Dale Ritchie Rogers was a Marine Guard, posted on the USS West Virginia. This log was compiled by W. Steward Higham, Dale's father in law.