http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/apr42/f30apr42.htm
Japanese fleet heading for Port Moresby
Thursday, April 30 ,1942 www.onwar.com
Aircraft on the deck of the Shokaku [photo at link]
In the Southwest Pacific... Japanese carriers, Shokaku, Zuikaku and Shoho leave Truk for the Coral Sea to take part in Operation Mo, the invasion of Port Moresby.
In Burma... British forces destroy the bridge at Ava after retreating north of the Irrawaddy Valley.
http://corregidor.org/ca/btty_erie/e.htm
Battery Way fired several problems in the next several days and the results were very encouraging. C-l seemed pleased with the results and the Seaward Defense Commander sent word to the battery that we were doing O.K. and to keep up the good work. April 29, 1942 will be a day long to be remembered by all on Corregidor. The Japanese Emperor’s birthday, our enemy decided to conduct birthday greetings in a big way. All of Corregidor was submitted to a terrific pounding all that long day. Battery Way was shelled hard but luckily we sustained little damage to materiel and none to personnel.
On April 30, 1942 while firing a problem against enemy positions in Bataan, enemy artillery suddenly opened on our position and put down a withering barrage on us. Luckily, their opening rounds were either short or over and the men got under cover in time before they found the range. However, Corporal Chelseg L. Hall, gun commander of one of the gun sections went back into the pit to secure his gun, and returning to cover was hit in the back by a stray flying fragment which pierced his lung and he died within 5 minutes from the internal hemorrhage. The entire battery was shocked by his sudden death, for he was a fine soldier and well liked by everyone. However, the men only resolved to avenge his death as best they could and carried on. They had long since learned that such occurrences must be expected in war.