In August of 1944 our Liberty ship was anchored about a half mile from shore in the Harbor of Batangus, in the northern Luzon Peninsula of the Phillipines, we were waiting with hundreds of other Merchant ships and Navl ships to head for Japan for the big invasion. We got news Truman had the Atom Bomb dropped and the war was over. One night we had a warning that a Typhoon was headed our way, some of the ships didn't take heed. The Typhoon hit bad that night and the next morning many of the ships were pushed on shore by the winds. Even though we had both Anchors down, we had been pushed to within about 100 yds. of the Shore. The hurricane we went through in the Atlantic was a lot scarier but I think a Typhoon packs a bigger wallop. Gerry Burr