* I arrived aboard the Cassie on 10/10/1943 at Noumea, New Caledonia.
November 1 1943 was the day, the Nickel Docks exploded at Doniambo, New Caledonia.
I had been assigned the 8th. but Cassie did not arrive until the 10th.*
Left: Noumea, New Caledonia 11/3/1943 Arrived Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 11/11/1943.
Left: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 11/11/1943. Arrived: Tulagi, Solomon Islands 11/11/1943. A raid by "Washing machine Charley" was expected that night.
Left: Tulagi, Solomon Islands 11/27/1943. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 11/27/1943.
Left: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 12/3/1943. Arrived: Noumea, New Caledonia 12/9/1943.
Left: Noumea, New Caledonia 12/30/1943. Arrived: Tulagi, Solomon Islands 1/9/1944.
Left: Tulagi, Solomon Islands 1/12/1944. Arrived: Russells, Solomon Islands 1/12/1944.
Left:Russels Solomon Islands 1/20/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1/20/1944.
Left: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1/27/1944. Arrived: Russells, Solomon Islands 1/27/1944.
Left: Russells, Solomon Islands 2/9/1944. Arrived: Noumea, New Caledonia 2/15/1944.
Left: Noumea, New Caledonia 2/19/1944. Arrived: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 2/21/1944.
The Black & White Scotch Incident fits in here.
Left: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 2/24/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2/27/1944.
Left: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 3/3/1944. Arrived: GREEN Island 3/6/1944.
Left: Green Island 3/10/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 3/12/1944.
Left: Gualalcanal,Solomon Islands 3/15/1944. Arrived: Noumea, New Caledonia 3/25/1944.
Left: Noumea, New Caledonia 3/27/1944. Arrived: Auckland, New Zealand 4/1/1944.
Left: Auckland, New Zealand 4/2/1944. Arrived: Wellington, New Zealand 4/4/1944.
Left: Wellingon,New Zealand 4/23/1944. Arrived: Auckland, New Zealand 4/25/1944.
Left: Auckland, New Zealand 5/7/1944. Arrived: Noumea,New Caledonia 5/11/1944.
Left: Noumea, New Caledonia 5/13/1944. Arrived: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 5/15/1944.
Left: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 5/00/1944. Arrived: Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands 5/22/1944.
Left: Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands 6/5/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 6/5/1944
Left: Gualalcanal, Solomon Islands 6/14/1944. Arrived: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 6/16/1944.
Left: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 6/20/1944. Arrived: Auckland, New Zealand 6/26/1944.
Left: Auckland,New Zealand 7/7/1944. Arrived: Noumea,New Caledonia 7/11/1944.
Left: Noumea,New Caledonia 7/17/1944. Arrived: Russells, Solomon Islands 7/21/1944.
Left: Russells, Solomon Islands 7/27/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 8/11/1944>
Left: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 8/11/1944. Arrived: Auckland, New Zealand 8/23/1944
Left: Auckland, New Zealand 9/5/1944. Arrived: Tulagi,, Solomon Islands 9/14/1944.
Left: Tualgi, Solomon Islands 9/16/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 9/16/1944.
Left: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 9/16/1944. Arrived: Emirau, Treasury Islands 10/2/1944.
Left: Emirau, Treasury Islands 10/6/1944. Arrived: Manus, Admiralty Islands 10/6/1944.
Left: Manus, Admiralty Islands 10/7/1944. Arrived: Hollandia, New Guinea 10/13/1944.
Left: Hollandia, New Guinea 10/15/1944. Arrived: Leyte, Philippine Islands 10/20/1944. * Part of 795 Ship Invasion Fleet*.
Left: Leyte, Philippine Islands 11/11/1944. Arrived: Hollandia, New Guinea 11/16/1944.
Left: Hollandia, New Guinea 11/19/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 11/24/1944.
Left:Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 11/25/1944. Arrived: Tulagi, Solomon Islands 11/25/1944.
Left: Tulagi, Solomon Islands 11/27/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 11/27/1944.
Left: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 12/6/1944. Arrived: Bougainville, Solomon Islands 12/8/1944.
Left: Bougainville, Solomon Islands 12/20/1944. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 12/22/1944.
Left: Gualalcanal, Solomon Islands 12/30/1944. Arrived: Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Islands 12/31/1944.
Left: Munda, Solomon Islands 1/1/1945. Arrived: Treasury, Solomon Islands 1/2/1945.
Left: Treasury, Solomon Islands 1/3/1945. Arrived: Bougainville, Solomon Islands 1/3/1945.
Left: Bougainville, Solomon Islands 1/8/1945. Arrived: Wellington, New Zealand 1/18/1945.
Left: Wellington, New Zealand 1/22/1945. Arrived: Auckland, New Zealand 1/24/1945.
Left: Auckland, New Zealand 2/2/1945. Arrived: Noumea, New Caledonia 2/6/1945.
Left: Noumea, New Caledonia 2/6/1945. Arrived: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 2/12/1945.
Left: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 2/19/1945. Arrived: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 2/21/1945.
Left: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 3/12/1945. Arrived: Green Islands 3/15/1945.
Left: Green Island 3/24/1945. Arrived: Bougainville, Solomon Islands 3/25/1945.
Left: Bougainville, Solomon Islands 3/27/1945. Arrived: Green Island 3/28/1945.
Left: Green Island 3/29/1945. Arrived: Emirau,S.M.Islands 3/31/1945.
Left: Emirau S.M.Islands 4/7/1945. Arrived: Green Island 4/8/1945.
Left: Green Island 4/12/1945. Arrived: Bougainville, Solomon Islands 4/14/1945.
Left: Bougainville, Solomon Islands 4/17/1945. Arrived: Noumea, New Caledonia 4/23/1945.
Left: Noumea, New Caledonia 4/25/1945. Arrived: Wellington, New Zealand 4/30/1945.
Left: Wellington, New Zealand 5/27/1945. Arrived: Auckland, New Zealand 5/29/1945.
Left: Auckland, New Zealand 6/7/1945. Arrived: Honolulu, Hawaii 6/24/1945
Left:Honolulu, Hawaii 6/29/1945. Arrived San Francisco, CA 7/9/1945.
Notes of our arrival and departure dates & Places , kept by shipmate Tom Watson CM1c of New Mexico.