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WWII Soldier Diary Pearl Harbor
1941-42 World War II battle diary by Henri Champagne, midshipman on the destroyer ship, U.S.S. Phelps. Champagne was a 21 year-old soldier onboard the U.S.S. Phelps during the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Blackstone Reminder diary begins in December 1941 and continues through much of 1942. Excerpts: Pearl Harbor: “At Sea. Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. 7:55. Were attacked by Jap planes in Pearl Harbor. 8:00. General Quarters sounded. Sky Bat. opened fire. Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Maryland & Penn. were torpedoed. Shaw, Downes, and Carson were hit by bombs. Quite a few hangers were destroyed at Ford & Hickam fields by bombs. Phelps put out to sea. Had my whites on and was waiting for a boat to go ashore when they started to bomb us. Bomb fell about 100 yds. off our fantail.” Other entries include: “…Feb. 20, Bougainville – Sea smooth. About 14:00. It was reported our fighters shot down 2 patrol bombers. About 16:10. General Quarters was sounded. About 14:15. Jap planes attacked us. Our task force’s guns opened fire. About 15 planes were shot down. We lost 2 of ours. 1 casualty. The other one bailed out. Secured from G.Q. about 19:15…May 8, Coral Sea – About 9:15. G.Q. was sounded. Planes took off fully loaded. Jap planes attacked us. Couple of torpedoes crossed our bow & bomb hit about 100 yds away from our stern. Lex was hit by 5 torpedoes and 2 bombs. It did not seem to list very bad, so planes landed when they came back. About 17:00 started to abandon ship on Lex. It’s all on fire. Picked up about 25 men on here. At Sundown we fired 5 torpedoes at Lex to sink it. About 2 missed. When her boilers exploded it shook us so much we thought we had been torpedoed. P.S. Couple of torpedoes went under us during the attack. Lex sunk at Long. 152, Lat. 14…June 4, Midway – About 15:00. Planes started to return. Dive bomber made forced landing in front of us. Picked up crew. Yorktown suffered torpedo hit. Only skeleton crew left on it…February 5 – At Sea. About 100 miles north of Equator. Lookouts keeping sharp lookout for King Neptune. Water temp. as taken by officers ‘same as urine.’ 23:50. Crossed the equator. Davy Jones arrived aboard about 5:00, and he was welcomed by the Captain. I was handed a subpoena…February 6 – At Sea. 8:30. King Neptune, Her Royal Highness, Royal baby, etc. were welcome aboard by Captain on the foc’l. I was initiated. Am now a shellback. Pollywogs almost took over. Sea very smooth…August 1 – Saw quite a few whales today. Had lower deck inspection. Still around Fiji Islands. Up to date since Dec. 7 we have travelled 65,728 miles, used 2,000,000 gallons of oil, fueled in port 13 times, fueled at sea 20 times, been at sea 181 days…September 8 – In port. Went ashore at Tongatabu. Got a pound note for $3.50. Also a few coins. Ate about 5 bananas. First bananas in about 1 year. Sure tasted good. Also got a few stamps. Saw only one native that had shoes on. People live on left side of street…October 12, 1942 – Left ship at 08:00 for 17 day leave. Cost me $75.15 round trip to go to Lowell from Frisco…” A well-known resident of Lowell, Massachusetts, Champagne often described his experiences at Pearl Harbor to local school groups and others. His 9 November 2006 obituary in the Lowell Sun describes his wartime experiences and reads in part: “…He heard the buzz of aircraft and looked up to see the Rising Sun emblem on the planes. Japanese. And they were low. Dropping something. ‘And I realized, we’re under attack,’ he recalled on Pearl Harbor Day 2004. He ran to his position on deck, grabbing a machine gun to fire at the Japanese planes. He hit one and, like a batter stunned to see his long fly ball clear the fence, watched it sputter and crash in the distance…” Diary measures approximately 3.5″ x 6″. Wear to cloth covers, though binding remains intact. Good condition. Sold for $1,430.
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