The first wave, Company "A", reached shore unhindered but the Japanese defenders then opened heavy machinegun fire.

The leading wave pushed forward and secured a small beachhead, but was pinned down by intense fire from prepared positions.

Bray was assigned to Escort Division 12, United States Atlantic Fleet, and during late 1944, participated in anti-submarine operations off Long Island, and conducted exercises with American submarines.

Clad only in heavy underclothing and using a face mask breathing apparatus, Thomas John Kushnerick (Boilermaker first class, U.S.N., of Freeland, Pa.) descended four times in ice-cold water in the darkness to secure a patch over the hole in the minesweeper's hull due to a parted flange in the sea chest.

[1] Between 15 July and 18 September 1945, Bray was at Charleston Navy Yard where she underwent conversion to a high speed transport.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.