Jason Schreck

The war is over.

The end of the war.

The USS Sway continues minesweeping in preparation for the invasion of Japan.

The Sway enters the Pacific.

The USS Sway heads back into combat, May 1945.

The USS Sway (AM-120) travels to Miami in March 1945.

When we left the USS Sway (AM-120) in our last installment, she had just departed Algeria en route to the United States. The Sway had been in the European/North African ...

When we left off, the USS Sway (AM-120) was docked in Bizerte, Tunisia, undergoing routine maintenance, and had been since 21 November. The Sway had completed its participation in Operation ...

In last month's blog I took a break from the day to day war journal account and looked at a story my grandfather had always told, but further research proved ...

The author digs into a story his grandfather told about an incident that occurred on 28 January 1944 off the coast of Anzio during the Italian campaign.

When we left off at Part 9, my grandfather's ship, the USS Sway (AM-120), was off the coast of San Tropez, France, participating in Operation Dragoon. As the initial landings ...

When we left off with my grandfather's ship, the USS Sway (AM-120), it was 14 August 1944. The Sway, an Auk-class minesweeper, was off the coast of southern France preparing ...