[Red Devil]

After all this time of taking boats out, I was in USS Stingray out of Brisbane and got a lifeguard duty, first ever. I was told to patrol in the bays north of Guadacanal. Only thing is I was a week early!! So I cruised and found a few junks etc, couple of ships. Then aircraft, at midnight, began zooming all around me.

I had to wait for first light to do any saving pilots, could not see pilot even when alongside the orange smoke. I managed to pick up 8 pilots, got shelled when I went too near a harbour, and jap planes were all around, not one attacked me?

Then got a message to proceed north west to Solomons and to be there by December 7th - this was on August 7th!!!! Very funny, I went home .........