George C. Larsen looked out from the back door of the Coast Guard radio station at Diamond Head Lighthouse, "There were three planes flying below the rim of Diamond Head (an extinct volcano) in 'V' formation, low-wing type with big red dots on the underside about two feet in diameter."
On December 8, he was ordered to the buoy tender Kukui (WAGL-225) to help the crew pull harbor lights out of the water for the new blackout. At one point the ship dodged a suspected Japanese submarine while doing this.
The ship was then ordered to carry Army troops to Ni'ihau Island.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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