Moon, Calvin, AG '48, Diary,, July 1944-September 1945.

This diary covers Moon's five combat patrols as a radio/radar technician onboard the USS Razorback in the Pacific Theater. Based on an analysis of the text, it appears as though Moon did not begin writing the diary until the beginning of his third war patrol on February 1, 1945. His chronicle of the first two patrols may have been compiled at a later date. The diary occupies the middle third of a notebook, marked "Confidential;" the first and last sections were left blank, with the exception of several pages in the back. Moon mostly likely structured the diary in this way to conceal his work in light of a ban on diaries onboard submarines. The diary also contains several illustrations by Moon of the Razorback logo and enemy ships.

From July 3, 1944, when Moon boarded the Razorback, to the beginning of their first patrol, he discusses the boat's trail runs, traveling through the Panama Canal, going on leave in Panama and Honolulu, training exercises, becoming acquainted with his radar equipment, meeting friends from New Jersey and his training in New London, Connecticut, and his reactions to touring the battlefields of Saipan. On Saipan, Moon's opinion of the Japanese is changed when he reads through some abandoned radio materials, "We indeed have an enemy who is not the simian he is presented as being."

The Razorback left Saipan on its first patrol on September 8, 1944, and first performed reconnaissance off of Palau in anticipation of the invasion of the island. Then, they patrolled the "Convoy College" station between Luzon and Formosa until October 7, 1944, when they sail to Midway for a refit. He describes several attacks on the submarine by Japanese aircraft.

Moon's second patrol began on November 15, 1944. Patrolling Convoy College again, the Razorback engaged in its first assault on a convoy, sinking a large transport off of Luzon. The Razorback would see several more engagements before putting in at Guam on January 1, 1945, where Moon again tours the battlefield. This section includes an illustrated map from a publication, which Moon labels, "Guam From Tweed's Story."

On February 1, 1945, the Razorback set out to patrol off of Kyushu, "At last we are in for some of that renowned Empire Duty." During this tour, the Razorback took several Japanese survivors prisoner. His third tour ended on March 14, 1945.

The Razorbackset sail for Tokyo Bay on V-E Day, May 7, 1945, which Moon took as a good omen. During this fourth patrol, the Razorback performed "lifeguard duty," rescuing aircrews involved in the daily bombardment of the Home Islands; Moon writes about saving a P-51 pilot and members of a B-29 crew. Later in the patrol, the Razorback patrolled the waters of Kii Suido.

The submarine's fifth patrol, beginning on July, 22, 1945, took the crew to the Sea of Okhotsk, where they raided coastal sea trucks and shadowed Soviet vessels. Moon records his reaction to the Soviet entry into the war and the dropping of the atomic bomb. During the surrender ceremony on September 2, 1945, Moon viewed the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as a fleet of aircraft roared above.

The scattered pages of content in the back contain a page of short, humorous incidents entitled, "Cruise of the Razorback (Humorous Story)," a list of last names and ships, a hand-drawn map of the Pacific with places the Razorback saw action noted, and a glossary of Japanese phrases. On the last page, there is a tally of all the aerial bombs, mines and depth charges the ship survived.