When we last left the USS
Sway (AM-120), she had completed refitting and repairs in the United States, had cleared the Panama Canal, and was now reassigned to the Pacific Fleet. During the time she spent stateside, the war in Europe had ended, but the war in the Pacific was still being fought across vast distances and on many islands. Allied forces were quickly closing on Japan and plans were already being made for an invasion, one that would dwarf any that had come before. This would come at the high cost of countless soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen on both sides as well as an untold number of Japanese civilian lives. This, however, was many months away and the
Jason Schreck is a graduate of Christopher Newport University with a Bachelor s in History. He has spent the last 7 years on an ongoing project to research the military history of as many family members as possible, as a part of his ongoing genealogy research. The last two years of which have been dedicated primarily to researching the military records of his two grandfather s military service during the Second World War and beyond. His main areas of research are military, cold war and space age history.