USS Cofer (DE-208/APD-62)
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Cofer arrived at Hollandia, New
Guinea, 4 November for duty with the 7th Fleet. She carried troops in one of
the first re-supply convoys for landings on Leyte, sailing with a group
which fought its way through Japanese air attacks to arrive off the beaches
24 November. Cofer was cleared the same day for Palau, where she
embarked additional troops for the landings at Ormoc Bay on 7 and 8
December. On the first day, as suicide planes attacked in great number,
Cofer joined in general firing, and went to the aid of sister ship
USS Liddle, when she was damaged by a kamikaze. Cofer next
came under enemy air attack 15 December, as she landed assault troops on
Mindoro.
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