All naval personnel mobilized last night.

Under a hail of bullets, we had to breach enemy lines to get to the wireless station.

At 2000 hours we reached the defensive unit EQ. [0]

And waited for further orders.

The nnihilation [1] of our unit is imminent.

In the evening we completed the Mayeda [2] unit.

0. Unsuccessful military acronym search. Q probably stands for ‘Quarters,’ the context suggesting a headquarters.

1. Translation in the original document.

2. There was a mythic samurai named shogun Mayeda. There is also a martial arts instructor born on Saipan by the name of Mayeda. This needs an informed footnote but the editor’s attempts to search Japanese WWII military terminology have been fruitless.