Heading to the Pacific Theater of War

Although Nazi Germany had surrendered, the war was not over.  The USS Champlin was now preparing to deploy to the Pacific Theater to help defeat the Japanese.  Robert and the Champlin leave New York on May 23rd, 1945, stop at Guantanamo, Cuba for training on May 29th, and pass through the Panama Canal on June 4th.  They arrive in San Diego, California on July 4th, 1945.