Posted by Oliver Lua on December 26, 2009, 2:35 pm, in reply to "Re: troop ships"
MY FIRST SHIP THE SS WILLIAM S LADD WAS A LIBERTY SHIP.WE CARRIED 2 HUNDRED TROOPS AND THEIR TRUCKS FROM lae NG to BIAK ISLAND.We then loaded 800 troops bound for Leyte PI and unloaded them at dulog on december 6 1944.We were sunk 4 days later by a twin engine betty that dove into number 4 hold.6 injured nobody killed. Oliver Lua OS