Pretty faded but looks like (with some spelling correction):
"very rough day, Jap artillery encircled around us, got away from us. 5 from "K" company were killed at night, bayonetted by Japs."
That was the one on the 24th. The 26th is a little harder:
"Assaulted by "K" company, 172 inf. 3pm, captured "Hand XXXXX", held by Camp 1" The rest on that line is unreadable to me. *sounds like a leader captured and held nearby*
"K" co had 14 (or is that 19?) casualties
"L" had 8 casualties
"I" had 2 casualties
He was keeping tabs on fellow unit casualties. Looks like Kilo company led an assault that was successful - but at a fairly high cost. Lima and India were likely support or reserves committed.
You have great reason to be proud of your kin, my friend.
EDIT: Looks like on second read that may be a location they captured and its location is near camp 1 - or its held by a group also in camp 1.
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Captain Haplo
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