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The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in commending the
UNITED STATES SHIP MANLEY
for participation in the following operations
The Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal — August 17 to 18, 1942; August 21 to 24, 1942; September 3 to 10, 1942; November 2 to 8, 1942; November 25 to 28, 1942; January 1 to 5, 1943;
The Consolidation of the Southern Solomons — February 4 to 9, 1943; February 17 to March 23, 1943;
The Occupation of Kwajalein — January 31 to February 8, 1944;
The Marianas Occupation — June 16, 1944; July 5 to 22, 1944;
The Leyte Landings — October 18 to 21, 1944;
The Luzon Landings — January 11 to February 18, 1945;
as set forth in the following
CITATION:
“For exceptionally meritorious service and heroism in action against enemy Japanese aircraft, shore batteries, surface forces, submarines and mines in the Pacific campaign. Operating in actual contact with the enemy and under attack, the U.S.S. MANLEY performed her duties as a highspeed transport in an outstanding manner. Operating throughout the Southern Solomons campaign at a time when the United States Fleet was at a low ebb in comparison with the forces of the enemy, the U.S.S. MANLEY remained in areas under enemy control for long periods of time in support of the landing forces, making repeated landings behind the enemy lines, thus contributing greatly to the decisive victory achieved. Her courageous determination and effort were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.”
All personnel attached to and serving on board the U.S.S. MANLEY during one or more of the designated periods are hereby authorized to wear the NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION Ribbon.
John L. Sullivan
Secretary of the Navy
Other Comments:
In loving memory,
Your daughter Vicki
and son
Jim, CE2 , USN, Vietnam 1967-69
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.
