| Scope and content |
The collection consists of Donald J. Martin's eleven-page memoir concerning the actions of the USS LSM-9 while assigned to convoy duty out of Hawaii. The ship was involved in routine rear area convoy duty and made trips to Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi, Saipan, the Russell Islands, Tulagi, Hollandia, New Britain, the Admiralties, and Leyte. Information concerning the invasion of Okinawa includes the off-loading of tanks and equipment over a reef on Purple Beach. Other items of interest pertain to the gathering of fish by Hawaiians from a dry dock and a description of the destruction by Japanese forces in Pearl Harbor, a typhoon near Ulithi, and the technical specifications of the LSM-9. The LSM-9 was decommissioned on 20 December 1945. Martin's biographical information is also included. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Donald J. Martin Collection (#661), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Donald J. Martin. |
| Biographical note | Donald J. Martin was born in 1925. He enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and served on the USS LSM-9 in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He then worked for the U.S. Post Office and retired with the position of station manager in 1984. |
