DesRon 12 destoyers make S-turns in Ironbottom Sound in 1944. Lansdowne is at upper left.

Shipmates’ essays on this site are as follows:

Trench mortars for Guadalcanal by George Ballé, TM2/c

Sea duty on a destroyer by Dr. Thomas S. Walsh, Jr.

Crossing the line by Lynal Hoffman. SK1/c