USS Kephart (DE-207/APD-61)
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the 77th Infantry Division at Leyte, and steamed 6 December for amphibious
assault at Ormoc Bay. During landing operations on 7 December, Kephart's
guns splashed two Japanese planes in a fierce raid. Returning to Leyte on 8
December, she sailed on 12 December for Mindoro, and landed assault
troops at San Jose on 15 December, again under heavy enemy air attack.
Carrying men of the 158 Regimental Combat Team, Kephart departed Noemfoor,
Schouten Islands, on 4 January 1945. Steaming to Luzon, she arrived at San
Fabien, Lingayen Gulf, on 11 January, and landed reinforcements, despite
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