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Steadfast

Compelling first-hand accounts of parallel journeys in World War II

A book compiled by Susan A. Herney

Contents

Introduction

PART ONE – Terra Firma

Chapter 1 Oct – Dec 1943 “And so it Begins”

Chapter 2 May – July 1944 “Cambridge to Seattle”

PART TWO – At Sea in the Pacific on U.S.S. Scurry

Chapter 3 Aug – Dec 1944 “Adjusting to Life at Sea: Shakedown & Convoy Missions”

Chapter 4 Jan 1945 “Perfecting Mine Sweeping Techniques in Hawaii”

Chapter 5 Feb 1945 “At Sea Headed for Combat”

Chapter 6 Mar 1945 “Iwo Jima to Ulithi to Okinawa”

Chapter 7 Apr 1945 “Okinawa and Beyond”

Chapter 8 May 1945 “On Patrol”

Chapter 9 June 1945 “Sweeping Mines and Patrolling off Okinawa”

Chapter 10 July 1945 “Arts and Crafts While Overhauled at Leyte”

Chapter 11 Aug 1945 “Japan Surrenders – Hoping for Home”

Chapter 12 Sept 1945 “The Yellow Sea and Visit to Nagasaki”

Chapter 13 Oct 1945 “Sasebo – Shore Excursions”

Chapter 14 Nov 1945 “Hope Suspended”

Chapter 15 Dec 1945 “Headed for Home”

Chapter 16 Jan 1946 “Homecoming Epilogue”

Copyright © 2025 Susan A. Herney