USS Arthur Middleton APA-25 Sailor's Censored Mail March 4, 1945 - Guadalcanal
USS Arthur Middleton APA-25 Sailor's Censored Mail March 4, 1945 - Guadalcanal
During February and early March 1945, Arthur Middleton carried out training exercises at Guadalcanal. On 16 March, the transport sailed with TG 53.1 for Ulithi, where staging operations were held for the Ryūkyū campaign. The ship discharged troops and cargo at Okinawa during the first five days of April and then returned via Saipan to Pearl Harbor. She was routed on to the west coast and arrived at San Pedro, Calif., on 30 April to begin a period of overhaul.