Playing USS Half moon, part 1 of 2

Posted June 24th, 2008 by admin
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An oral history of the USS Half Moon. In October 1944 Half Moon departed Morotai for the Philippines, where she established a seaplane base on the eastern coast of Leyte Island in support of invasion operations there. She witnessed the Battle of Surigao Strait, and continued to support seaplane operations in the Philippines through August 1945. She survived a typhoon while in transit to Okinawa in early September, returned to the Philippines in October, and departed for Seattle and deactivation in November.

This video was produced by WOSU Public Media as part of ohiowarstories.org. It was created with the generous assistance of the Longaberger Foundation, and videotaped by students from Newark High School in Ohio.